Ukraine pleads for long-range weapons to hold off Russia

| Russian forces intensified their assault on the largest city held by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region in the east on Sunday as Kyiv said it was hopeful longer-range weapons it desperately needs from Western allies could soon arrive.

Sievierodonetsk, some 60 kilometres northeast of Lyman on the eastern side of the river and the largest Donbas city still held by Ukraine, was under heavy assault.The shelling was so intense it was not possible to assess casualties and damage, though two people were killed on Saturday and 13 more buildings in the city were destroyed, he said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced hopes in a late-night video address that Ukraine’s allies would provide needed weapons, adding that he expected “good news” in the coming days.His adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, said: “The weapons we so desperately need will most likely be delivered soon.” Analysts at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said if Russian forces were to capture Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine could be expected to launch counter-offensives.“Putin is now hurling men and munitions at the last remaining major population centre in that ... as if taking it would win the war for the Kremlin. He is wrong,” they said.

Pushing diplomatic efforts for a solution to a conflict that has ramifications beyond Ukraine’s borders, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a call on Saturday.

Subtle? They have taken most of Eastern Ukraine in 4 months and you say subtle!

Subtle? The Ukrainian front is collapsing. Zelensky is hysterical. NATO is hysterical. It's all falling apart.

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