Russian forces are exerting heavy pressure on the wider region of Donbass in eastern Ukraine.
In Donetsk, Ukrainian sources report constant bombardment, while Russian interest appears to be turning to the area of Kramatorsk, a city that, if it falls, according to many analysts, could spell the end of the war in Donbass.
Kharkiv was hit by a missile attack with several wounded, and Russian sources say what was hit was a foreign mercenary base.
Meanwhile, a new $400 million weapons package has been announced by President Biden to Ukraine. This will include high-precision systems not previously provided.
The United Kingdom, for its part, announced on Saturday a program to train 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers as the need is growing.
New Russian army onslaught
The Russian army has begun to regroup or rather reconfigure its groups and is preparing for new actions in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut.
In the Kharkiv region, Ukraine's second largest city, four people were killed and nine wounded in the past 24 hours, Governor Oleg Shyngubov said.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk called on civilians in the Russian-held Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions to leave.
"Please leave. Our army will begin the recapture of these areas. Our determination is absolute, And it will be difficult later to open humanitarian corridors," Vereshchuk said."
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky visited areas on and near the front on Friday, as well as a hospital in Dnipro where wounded soldiers are being treated. He also toured the defense lines in Dnipropetrovsk and Kriviy Rih.
Source:in.gr
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