The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was facing heavy artillery fire as the Nato chief backed reports from local officials that a major new Russian offensive had begun, days before the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. | Reuters
The Donetsk and Luhansk regions make up the Donbas, Ukraine’s industrial heartland, now partially occupied by Russia which wants full control.
“The city, the city’s suburbs, the entire perimeter, and essentially the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under crazy, chaotic shelling,” Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of Ukraine’s Svoboda battalion, said on Monday. “Thank you to every one of our soldiers who are preventing the occupiers from encircling Bakhmut… and who are holding our key positions at the front,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address.Nato to discuss further aid
Moldova’s president accused Russia on Monday of planning to use foreign saboteurs to bring down her leadership and use it in the war against Ukraine. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby on Monday said reports of the plot had not been independently confirmed but were “deeply concerning” and “certainly not outside the bounds of Russian behaviour.”
Stoltenberg said he expected the issue of aircraft to be discussed, but that Ukraine needed support on the ground now.
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