Ukrainian forces have fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)Ukrainian forces have fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region. Both Ukraine and the Moscow-backed rebels fighting in the east also have introduced tight restrictions on reporting from the combat zone. Russian forces have “been forced to merge and redeploy depleted and disparate units from the failed advances in northeast Ukraine”, the ministry said in a tweet on Saturday as part of a daily report on the war. He did not say where the attack took place but said Russian forces were preparing for an attack on Severodonetsk. In a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Kharkiv that is regularly shelled by Russian forces, some residents remain in their apartments, even though the buildings have charred gaping holes.

Source: Irish Independent April 30, 2022 17:39 UTC