The first shipments of a new US military aid package arrive at Ukraine’s borders – as it happened
by Samantha Lock (now); Gabrielle Canon, Gloria Oladi from World news | The Guardian on (#5Y96Y)
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Russian forces are completing the creation of an offensive group" in the east and have regained combat capability and replenished their reserves in the Donetsk and Tavriya regions, Ukraine's military has said.
According to a recently released operational report from the general staff of the armed forces, on the Donetsk and Tavriya regions, Russian forces have regained combat capability and replenished their reserves while concentrating their main efforts in the areas of the settlements of Lyman, Kreminna, Popasna and Rubizhne, trying to establish full control over the city of Mariupol.
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