Russia Forces Pushing Further In Eastern Ukraine

Russia said on Friday it had captured the village of Marynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where its forces have been pushing towards the important logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

Ukraine’s General Staff did not comment on the status of Marynivka but said areas near there and Selydove, to the southwest, had seen the biggest ‘concentration’ of Russian attacks over the past day. It said 42 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk front had been repelled.

Russian forces have in recent weeks accelerated their progress in Donetsk, taking a series of towns and villages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is in the United States this week to request further support. U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv “win this war.”

Reuters/Shakirat Sadiq