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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way,. Ukraine President  Zelenskyy says his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions

Russia has sought to exploit Ukraine's shortages of ammunition and manpower as the flow of Western supplies since the outbreak of the war petered out, assembling large troop concentrations in the east as well as in the north and gaining an edge on the battlefield, Zelenskyy said.

But a massive new U.S. military of US 60 billion aid package has arrived, and it will turn the tide, he said at a news conference in Kyiv with visiting President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

“With an increase in the supply of weapons, we will be able to stop them in the east. As of now, they seized the initiative there,” Zelenskyy said.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukrai...42388.html

Ocheretyne lies northwest of Avdiivka, a city they capture opened door for Kremlin’s troops to push westward, and deeper into . Russia annexed Donetsk & into three other regions illegally since 2022 shortly. They invaded Ukraine, and step to taking control of all of Donetsk and this is Putin all order
is one of the Kremlin's main war goals.

After Avdiivka’s fall in February, Russia took other villages as Ukraine army chief warned of a worsening battlefield situation on the  as war the Ukrainian is battling against
Russian troops as they keep stepping up to advance areas near Ocheretyne, launching 45 ground attacks over previous 24 hours, Ukraine’s said they are trying to stop most in recent days, as they conducted many more then attacks in out very day.

Russian attacks eastern Ukraine increased by 17% from March to April, U.K. Defense Ministry said. Despite attacking effort, the Kremlin’s forces have made only minor gains & sustained heavy losses, UK said

Near one of Donetsk’s devastated towns, Ukraine’s 148th artillery brigade fire M777 howitzer into Russian positions — they get little rest. “Sometimes no sleep, some times a few hrs, we get up & start shooting every hour,” says soldiers, call sign is “Odesa.”

The Russians keep coming, “are advancing every day, little by little, but successfully,”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukrai...42388.html