Ukraine leaders have repeated a call for US-made long-range multiple-rocket launchers to defend against strengthening Russian attacks.
“It is hard to fight when you are attacked from 70 km away and have nothing to fight back with,” Ukrainian presidential adviser and peace negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak posted on Twitter.
“Ukraine can return Russia behind the Iron Curtain, but we need effective weapons for that.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced hopes that Ukraine‘s allies would provide needed weapons, adding that he expected “good news” this week.
US officials said such systems are actively being considered.
Meanwhile, Mr Zelensky said the military situation in the Donbas was very complicated, adding that defences were holding up in a number of places, including Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk.
“It’s indescribably difficult there. And I am grateful to all those who withstood this onslaught,” he said.
Elsewhere, the British defence ministry said that if Russia succeeded in taking over those areas, the Kremlin would likely view it as a “substantive political achievement”, which it could use to justify its invasion to the Russian people.
