Russia seizes more ground in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv’s forces await supplies

A local resident looks at a destroyed car at the site of a Russian missile attack in the village of Zolochiv in Ukraine's Kharkiv region [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]

Russian forces committed a division to take several more villages in Ukraine’s east during the past week, as Ukraine’s European allies frantically increased their weapons pledges and the full effect of long-delayed United States military aid became apparent.

Most of the Russian tactical gains came west of Avdiivka, which fell on February 17, and where the Russians have maintained their momentum.