Ukraine war: Russia launches largest missile attacks this year, ‘talks out of the question’
- Latest bombardment comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky completed a visit to European capitals, where he sought more weapons to fend off invasion
- An adviser to Zelensky tweeted that talks with Russia ‘are out of the question’ citing the Kremlin’s committed to stay in occupied areas of Ukraine
Russia launched its biggest barrage of missile attacks against Ukraine so far this year, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky completed a visit to European capitals, where he sought more weapons to fend off Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Ukraine’s forces hold defence along the frontline in Donetsk, including of the besieged town of Bakhmut, with the fiercest battles raging for the cities of Vuhledar and Maryinka, Kyiv’s top military commander said on Saturday.
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said Russia carries out some 50 attacks daily in Donetsk, a region in Ukraine’s southeast that Moscow has been trying to occupy fully.
“Fierce fighting continues in the area of Vuhledar and Maryinka,” Zaluzhnyi said in a Telegram message after a call with US General Mark Milley.
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“We reliably hold the defence. In some areas of the front we have managed to regain previously lost positions and gained a foothold.”
