Battles in east could decide Ukraine's fate, Kyiv says

Battles in east could decide Ukraine's fate, Kyiv says
A residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in seen through a window of an ambulance car, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Marinka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on May 19, 2022.
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KYIV — Battles being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the country's fate, Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Tuesday (May 24).

Three months after invading Ukraine, Russian forces are trying to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine. Motuzyanyk said Russian forces had not given up attempts to cross the river.

"Now we are observing the most active phase of the full-scale aggression which Russia unfolded against our country," he told a televised briefing.

"The situation on the (eastern) front is extremely difficult because the fate of this country is perhaps being decided (there) right now."

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