Ukraine’s defense minister has demanded more weapons from the West to stop Russian forces from advancing into eastern Ukraine. The British Foreign Secretary spoke with her Ukrainian counterpart to discuss two British fighters who were sentenced to death in a Russian-backed area. The toughest battles are concentrated in the strategic city of Donbas, Severodonetsk.
Ukrainian leaders warn that the fate of industrial hotspots in the east of their country depends on the amount of heavy weapons provided by the West that can be placed on the front line in Donbas, as Russia continues its efforts to expand its control over Sheverodonetsk. and other strategic cities. The entire region has come under heavy Russian fire, said on Friday the Ukrainian governor of the eastern Luhansk region, Sergie Haidai, who together with Donetsk form Donbass. “Heavy street fighting continues in Sheverodonetsk,” he told the social networking platform Telegram, adding that key routes such as the road between the eastern cities of Lysychansk and Bakhmut remain under Ukrainian control as the fighting turns into a war of attrition.
