Ukraine has been struggling to fend off Russia’s assault in the east, hence the calls for accelerated weapons deliveries.
Russia is rapidly advancing near Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. Russian forces almost seized Krasnohorivka and occupied New York, a town in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army brigade said in a Telegram post on Sunday.
“The enemy is spreading across the region. The rate of advancement is very high. And, unfortunately, now his offensive potential here is limited not by the strength of our resistance, but rather by his reserves,” the brigade said.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian army did not reply to POLITICO’s request for comment.
Local Ukrainian authorities also announced involuntary evacuations in the area. “More than 53,000 people, including almost 4,000 children, still live here, but lately, the front has come too close to Pokrovsk so we have to react accordingly,” Vadym Filashkin, Donetsk governor, said in a statement Monday.
Ukraine is finding more success across the border on Russian soil, where it caught the Kremlin’s forces on the hop nearly two weeks ago now.
