Sievierodonetsk in the Donbas region is under heavy assault as war momentum seems to shift
A Ukrainian serviceman sets up an anti-materiel rifle at a position in Marinka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 28 2022. Picture: ANNA KUDRIAVTSEVA
Russia’s defence ministry said its troops and allied separatist forces are in full control of Lyman, the site of a railway junction west of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Donetsk. Russian artillery is also pounding the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road, which Russia must take to close a pincer movement and encircle Ukrainian forces, and police said there is “significant destruction” in Lysychansk.Ukrainian presidential adviser and peace negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak repeated a call for US-made long-range multiple-rocket launchers. US officials have told Reuters such systems are actively being considered, with a decision possible in coming days.
Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon antiship missiles from Denmark and US self-propelled howitzers, Ukrainian defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Saturday.
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