Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed the European Union's expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation, as Russian forces pounded Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv and the eastern Donbas region
The fight for the twin cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in Ukraine's Luhansk region is "entering a sort of fearsome climax", said Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to Zelenskiy. Russia is seeking to capture both Luhansk and Donetsk, which make up the Donbas region - the nation's industrial heartland.
"This is why we again and again emphasize the acceleration of arm deliveries to Ukraine. What is quickly needed is parity on the battlefield in order to halt this diabolical armada and push it beyond Ukraine's borders."The fierce war of attrition in the Donbas is at its most critical in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk.
But Luhansk's regional governor, Serhiy Gaidai, told Ukrainian Television on Wednesday that "battles are continuing" and that "Russian forces do not have full control." Russia has long opposed closer links between Ukraine, a former Soviet state, and Western clubs like the European Union and the NATO military alliance.
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