Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives medals to Ukrainian troops in southern city as war with Russia grinds on in east
Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/ReutersPhotograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/ReutersThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said “Ukraine will definitely win” during a working trip to the southern city of Mykolaiv, as relentless fighting in the country’s east continued.
Russian forces reached the outskirts of Mykolaiv in early March but were then pushed back to the eastern and southern edges of the region, where fierce fighting continues. During his nightly national address on Friday, Zelenskiy announced that the celebrated medic nicknamed “Taira”, Yuliia Paievska, whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team, was released by Russian forces three months after she was taken captive there.
In its latest intelligence briefing, Britain’s defence ministry said Russia was likely to have renewed its advance in the east of Ukraine, with the intention to penetrate deeper into the Donetsk region and envelope the pocket around the embattled city of Sievierodonetsk from the north.
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