Russia attacks Severodonetsk with 'all available firepower'; Zelenskyy says Russia has 'significant advantage'
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"Of course, we will do our best to outmatch their advantages for now. Every day I fight for Ukraine to get the necessary weapons and equipment," Zelenskyy said last night. "The enemy does not stop trying to establish full control over the city of Severodonetsk" he said, adding that "the fighting continues."
He said Russia was already responding to Ukraine's foreign policy success, noting that "gas pressure on Europe is growing again. The shelling of Ukrainian positions and peaceful cities is intensifying again." Beijing so far has not provided material support to Moscow, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House.In the past week, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met separately with high-level Chinese officials and reiterated that the world's second-largest economy should not alleviate economic pressure on Russia.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, because the armed conflict can delay fatality reports.
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