Russia hits eastern cities to try to encircle Ukrainian forces as Kyiv intensifies gunfire
As Kyiv intensifies its calls for longer-range weapons from the West to help it fight in the Donbas region, Russian forces intensify its assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, after claiming to have captured the nearby Lyman railway core. Key points: Russia has demanded control of a critical railway core, but Ukraine says the …