Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river in eastern Ukraine and intensified pressure on two key cities on Monday.
The governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, scene of the heaviest Russian onslaughts in recent weeks, said the situation was"extremely difficult" along the entire frontline there as of Monday evening. FILE PHOTO
He said Russian forces controlled most of the city of Sievierodonetsk, apart from the Azot chemical plant, where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering for weeks, and the road connecting Sievierodonetsk and its sister city Lysychansk to the city of Bakhmut was under constant shell fire. Gaidai earlier acknowledged that a Russian attack on Toshkivka had "had a degree of success" and said Russian forces were also trying to gain a foothold near Ustinovka, a village further north along the river. They were bringing a huge amount of heavy equipment there including tanks, he said.On Sunday, in his customary night-time video address to the nation, Zelenskiy said an intensification of Russian attacks was to be expected this week.
In Odesa, Ukraine's biggest Black Sea port, a Russian missile attack destroyed a food warehouse on Monday, the Ukrainian military said. No civilians were reported killed.The Russian-installed leader of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, said Kyiv had struck Black Sea drilling platforms owned by a Crimean oil company. Three people were wounded, and a search was under way for seven workers, he said on Telegram.
It quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying they should take responsibility for their "crimes".
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