Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, while other towns were under constant shelling, as the Kremlin pushed for control of the eastern Donbas region.
Ukraine's defence ministry said Russia was also throwing troops and equipment into its drive to capture the largest remaining Ukrainian-held city in Luhansk.
In addition to artillery shelling, the enemy fired from planes and helicopters in the Donetsk region, Ukraine's general staff said on Tuesday. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, but calls its action a "special military operation" to stamp out what it sees as threats to its security. Ukraine and its Western allies call this a baseless pretext for a war to grab territory that risks turning into a wider European conflict.Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday that Russian forces were also advancing towards Sloviansk, which lies about 85 kilometres to the west of Sievierodonetsk.
Kyrylenko said efforts were underway to evacuate people from several towns, some under day and night attack, including Sloviansk which has about 24,000 residents still there.Britain's defence ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday that Russia's broader plan likely continues to be to cut off the Sievierodonetsk area from both the north and the south.
Zelenskyy said Kyiv was gradually receiving "specific anti-ship systems," and that these would be the best way to end a Russian blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports preventing grain exports.
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