KYIV, May 28 ― Ukraine said yesterday its forces may need to retreat from their last pocket of resistance in Luhansk to avoid being captured by Russian troops pressing an advance in the east that has shifted the momentum of the three-month-old war.
“We will have enough strength and resources to defend ourselves. However it is possible that in order not to be surrounded we will have to retreat.” Russian troops advanced after piercing Ukrainian lines last week in the city of Popasna, south of Sievierodonetsk. Russian ground forces have now captured several villages northwest of Popasna, Britain's Defence Ministry said.
Russian forces shelled parts of Kharkiv on Thursday for the first time in days. Local authorities said nine people were killed. The Kremlin denies targeting civilians. On the diplomatic front, European Union officials said a deal might be reached by Sunday to ban deliveries of Russian oil by sea, accounting for about 75 per cent of the bloc's supply, but not by pipeline, a compromise to win over Hungary and unblock new sanctions.
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