Russia unleashes 'Battle of Donbas' in east Ukraine, West pledges more support for Kyiv

Ukrainian officials said their soldiers would withstand the assault, calling it the. But the Russians pressed an advance across almost the entire stretch of the eastern front and, hours after its start, seized a frontline city.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin intended to supply Ukraine with anti-tank and air defence weapons as well as long-range artillery weapons, and Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, also promised more artillery weapons as the conflict moved into a new phase. Russian forces were attacking"on all sides", authorities were trying to evacuate civilians and it was impossible to tally the civilian dead, Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said.

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy shakes hands with EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas after handing over the questionnaire for EU membership in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 18, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERS The coal- and steel-producing Donbas has been the focal point of Russia's campaign to destabilise Ukraine since 2014, when the Kremlin used proxies to set up separatist"people's republics" in parts of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces.

However, about 120 civilians living next to the sprawling plant left via humanitarian corridors, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Russian state TV. In Russian-held districts reached by Reuters, shell-shocked residents cooked on open fires outside their damaged homes.

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