Russia escalated its assault against Ukraine on the battlefield Monday, pummeling a city that has emerged as a key battleground in the east as Moscow expanded sanctions against those who have condemned its actions during the war.
Smoke rises in the city of Severodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops last week. The fight for Severodonetsk has “worsened for us,” Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region, said in a televised interview. Russian forces have been shelling and expanding their footprint in the city, though Ukrainian troops remain in control of its industrial zone.
Ukrainian leaders have sought to buoy troops’ morale. Speaking to reporters Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky — who a day prior visited units in Lysychansk, a town neighboring Severodonetsk — said Ukraine had “every chance” to claw back the city. Kyrylo Budanov, the country’s chief of military intelligence, signaled “the occupiers” were being pushed out of Severodonetsk gradually.
“The world has come together in support of the defense of Ukraine against a determined invader,” Milley said, adding the fight now is about preserving the principle that “strong countries cannot just invade small countries.”At the United Nations in New York, Ukrainian officials testified about worsening sexual violence in Ukraine. Natalia Kabrowska, of the Ukrainian Women’s Fund, told a session of the U.N.
Russia has begun to turn over to Ukraine the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed during the siege of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the Associated Press reported Monday. The remains are undergoing DNA testing to verify identities.
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