World leaders have condemned the brutal train station attack that killed more than 52 people, while countries pledge additional support for Ukraine.
Ukraine is"ready to move fast" with its application to become an EU member, Stefanishyna, who is Ukraine's deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said.
Johnson condemned Friday's rocket strike on the Kramatorsk train station that killed at least 52 people, saying that both the U.K. and Germany expressed"revulsion at the brutality being unleashed, including the unconscionable bombing of refugees fleeing their homes," and that the train station attack"shows the depths to which Putin's vaunted army has sunk.
Russian forces are continuing their missile strikes and air activity is expected to increase in Ukraine's south and east, though troops continue to face stiff Ukrainian resistance, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence outlined in its daily security update on Twitter Saturday. However, Russian ambitions to establish a land corridor between Crimea and the Donbas continue to be thwarted by Ukrainian resistance."Despite major losses, Russia still has a lot of manpower and that could drag on the conflict for a long time, a senior U.S. Defense official said.After failing to capture capital city Kyiv, Moscow is refocusing its efforts on eastern Ukraine, where Russia and Ukraine have fought for eight years.
. They include two of the adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska and Herman Gref, the CEO of Sberbank, Russia's largest lending bank. Finally, the new sanctions bar Russian-flagged maritime vessels from docking in EU member state ports, although it includes a carveout for energy and agricultural shipments.
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