Kyiv, Ukraine: Kyiv calls for more weapons from Western nations, while Russia continues its push to capture cities in eastern Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky visits troops in the second largest city. of the country for the first time from the grand scale. the invasion began.
Ukrainian troops fighting at the front say they are at a crucial juncture. A Russian assault on the strategically important city of Severodonetsk could force them to withdraw, according to Ukrainian officials. The city is among the last to remain under Ukrainian control in Luhansk, which together with Donetsk forms Donbas, the eastern region that Russia is trying to seize.