President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Moscow’s massive air and artillery attacks are aimed at destroying the entire Donbas region, urging Ukraine’s allies to accelerate the shipment of heavy weapons to match Russia on the battlefield.
The fight for the twin cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in Ukraine’s Luhansk region is “entering a sort of fearsome climax”, said Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to Zelenskyy. Russia is seeking to capture Luhansk and Donetsk, which make up the Donbas region – the nation’s industrial heartland.
