As Russia wages offensive in Donbas, Ukraine rules out ceasefire or land concessions | CBC News

Mayor warns port city is facing health and sanitation 'catastrophe' following Russian bombardment.

Thomson ReutersHeaviest fighting focused around eastern cities of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk.Russia claims airstrikes in eastern Donbas region, southern Mykolaiv region.Kyiv's stance has become increasingly uncompromising in recent weeks as Russia experienced military setbacks, while Ukrainian officials grew worried they might be pressured to sacrifice land for a peace deal.

Concessions would backfire because Russia would use the break in fighting to come back stronger, he said. Speaking to the same parliamentary session, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed a plea for stronger economic sanctions against Moscow.Russia's dreaded cyberwarriors seem to be struggling in Ukraine

The heaviest fighting focused around the twin cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, Interior Ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko told Ukrainian television on Sunday. Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychansk, in the Eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on Sunday.

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