Ukraine reports ‘massive’ attack from Belarus

KYIV, June 25 — Ukraine said it came under “massive bombardment” Saturday from neighbouring Belarus, a Russian ally not officially involved in the conflict, the day after announcing a retreat from the strategic city of Severodonetsk.

The strikes came ahead of a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin andimeets his Belarussian counterpart and close ally Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg on Saturday. US President Joe Biden will be attending the G7 and a summit of the NATO military alliance in Madrid next week.

“Remaining in positions that have been relentlessly shelled for months just doesn’t make sense,” he said on Telegram, adding that 90 percent of the city had been damaged. “The big picture — of a slow war of entrenched positions -- has hardly changed. We cannot expect a massive Russian breakthrough,” he told AFP.

Andrei Marochko, a spokesman for the Moscow-backed army of Lugansk, said Friday that all the villages in the neighbouring areas of Zolote and Hirske were now under the control of Russian or pro-Russian forces.

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