Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the situation on the front lines of the more than two and a half year war against Russia is “very, very difficult” and that Ukrainian forces had to do everything possible during the autumn period. .
“Reports on each of our frontline sectors, our capabilities, our future capabilities and our specific tasks: ,” he said in his nightly video address, referring to an hour-long meeting with top commanders.
“Everything that can be done this fall, everything that we can achieve must be achieved.”
Ukrainian military bloggers reported in recent days that Russian forces were advancing on the hill town of Vuhledar, which Ukrainian forces had defended throughout the war, in the southern Donetsk region.
slowly for months further north, with the aim of capturing the Donbas, consisting of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that its forces had captured the village of Nelipivka, south of the city of Toretsk, one of Moscow’s targets in the area.