Originally Posted by country978
He claims Russia is winning, is that true?
JUNE 28, 2022 3:30 PM2
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/2...-eastern-city/
The United States said it was finalizing a weapons package for Ukraine that would include long range air defense systems — arms that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had specifically requested when he addressed the leaders by video link from Kyiv on Monday.
Despite the boost from its allies, Ukraine was enduring another difficult day on the battlefront following the loss of the city of Sievierodonetsk over the weekend after weeks of bombardments and street fighting.
Russian artillery was pounding Lysychansk, just across Siversky Donets River from now-ruined Sievierodonetsk. Luhansk province governor Serhiy Gaidai said Lysychansk was suffering ]“catastrophic” damage. He urged civilians to evacuate urgently.
“The situation in the city is very difficult,” Gaidai said.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said the Russians were trying to cut off Lysychansk from the south. Russian war planes had also struck near the city, the general staff said in its daily update.
Russian reports on Sunday that troops had already entered Lysychansk could not be confirmed by Reuters.
Luhansk and neighboring Donetsk province make up Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region — the country’s industrial heartland. The Donbas became a prime target for the Kremlin after Russian troops failed to take the capital Kyiv in the early stages of the war, which is now in its fifth month.
Russian forces also control a swathe of territory in the south, including the port city of Mariupol, which fell after a long siege that left it in ruins.
On Sunday, Russian missiles struck Kyiv for the first time in weeks.
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