Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, even as Kyiv said Moscow’s assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut. | Reuters
“Luckily we are holding the same position,” a soldier using the call sign “Greenwich” told Reuters. “Because we are facing a very strong enemy with very good arms. And it’s a professional army: airborne troops.”
As winter turns to spring, the main question in Ukraine is how much longer Russia can sustain its offensive, and when or whether Ukraine can reverse the momentum with a counterassault. Both said the Russians were reinforcing after heavy losses. There was no similar update from the Russian side, which has long claimed to be inflicting heavy casualties on the Ukrainians.
“They are living in very dire conditions, spending almost the entire days in intense shelling in the [underground] shelters,” the ICRC’s Umar Khan told a news briefing by video link from Dnipro, in Ukraine.The United Nations issued its latest report on human rights abuses in the war, confirming thousands of civilian deaths, which it describes as the tip of the iceberg, as well as disappearances, torture and rape, mostly of Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, saying Ukraine’s ties to the West were a security threat. Since then, tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians as well as soldiers on both sides have been killed. Kyiv and the West call the war an unprovoked assault to subdue an independent country.
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