Russia has launched its long-foreshadowed offensive in eastern Ukraine offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday, vowing that his people will continue to fight and 'defend ourselves.'
say Russian forces have been advancing on the plant and fights have broken out on the streets surrounding it.
Moscow said its missiles struck more than 20 military targets, including ammunition depots, command headquarters and groups of troops and vehicles, while its artillery hit an additional 315 targets and its warplanes conducted 108 strikes. The claims could not be independently verified.also launched long-range cruise missiles at Kyiv and Lviv, the official said.
The deaths were the first to be reported in the city since Russia's assault on Ukraine started in late February. On March 13, Russia fired 30 cruise missiles at the Yavoriv military training base, outside the city of Lviv, killing at least 35 people and wounding 134. Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party in Ukraine, made the plea in a video posted Monday by Ukraine’s state security service, who captured Medvedchuk last week in a special operation. Medvedchuk, 67, escaped from house arrest shorty before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began earlier this year.
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