
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, poses for a photo with serviceman close to the front line in Donetsk region
(Picture: AP)Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces has turned Severodonetsk and Lysychansk into “dead cities”, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned.
Mr Zelensky said that Russian forces had a numerical advantage in the besieged eastern cities, but that Ukraine’s forces had “every chance” of fighting back.