Russia Moves to Cut Off Key City in Ukraine’s East

The battle for management of the Donbas space of jap Ukraine is escalating, with Ukrainian forces combating to stop Russian troops from seizing Severodonetsk, the regional governor mentioned, whereas Russia makes an attempt to push south from positions it holds additional north and reduce off the strategic metropolis.

The standoff might show decisive in figuring out the success of Russia’s offensive in the east after Moscow failed in its preliminary try to shortly seize the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in February. Russian forces have tried to capitalize on their numerical benefit in artillery, although Western-supplied howitzers and cell missile methods are actually making their manner to Ukraine’s entrance strains because the nation’s leaders plead for extra help from Europe and the U.S.