Rainy weather could give Ukrainian military a boost in Donbas region

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Ukrainian troops on a muddy road in the Donbas region. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A senior Pentagon official said that the Ukrainian military could benefit from days of rain in the east of the country.

The official told Agence France-Presse that the softer ground will make it harder for Russian forces to do anything. The rain is expected to last for several more days, and coincides with Russia's war efforts in eastern Ukraine.

A senior defense official told reporters on Thursday that Russia has been moving weapons into the northern part of the region, and that they are doing the things that they believe they need to do to set the proper conditions for a ground offensive.

Russian tanks had to move in convoys on paved roads because the ground in the northern part of the country was not frozen hard enough.

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