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Reuters
Tom Balmforce and Marco Julica
KYIV / POKROVSK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fought to occupy the last Lysychansik in the west. He urged leaders to strengthen their supply of weapons to their country. A large city still owned by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk
Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said that after the fall of neighboring Sieviero Donetsk over the weekend, Russian troops targeted the city, so Lysychansik He said he had suffered "catastrophic" damage from the bombardment.
Zelenskiy was scheduled to give a video speech on Monday to the leaders of a group of seven industrialized countries (G7) meeting in Germany. Overnight, he emphasized the urgency of the need for more weapons, including modern air defense systems.
"If the partner is actually a partner and not an observer, the partner needs to act faster. Delays in the transfer of weapons, any restrictions, this is actually Is an invitation for Russia to attack over and over again, "he said.
In Germany, US President Joe Biden told his allies, "We must be together," to Russia in the face of assault on Ukraine.
The United States is likely to announce the purchase of advanced medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile defense for Ukraine this week, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The G7 Summit in the Bavarian Alps is dominated by the war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the world economy.
At the start of the meeting, the four countries will ban Russia's gold imports in order to increase the pressure on sanctions on Moscow and block the means of funding the invasion of Ukraine. It moved to. It was not clear if there was consensus on the plan.
Sanctions have effectively excluded Russia from the world's financial system, but its exports have been reduced, making it difficult for countries far beyond Russia's borders. Brought about.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no signs of diversion when his army fought to pick another Ukrainian city.
Horror
The Ukrainian General Staff said Monday that Russian troops were using cannons to block Lysychans'k from the south. Russian fighters also struck near Lysychans'k, the staff said in its daily update.
Sunday's Tass newsletter quoted a separatist official backed by Moscow that Russian troops had entered Lysychans'k from five directions and isolated Ukrainian defenders.
Reuters could not confirm the report, and the latest information on the staff did not mention that the separatists had invaded the city.
"Lysychans'k last week, that was horrifying," said an elderly woman in the city, who was among the dozens of refugees arriving by bus from the front line to the Ukrainian-owned town of Pokrovsk. Elena said. "When I die, I've already told her husband, bury me behind her house," she said.
With the great retreat of Ukraine, Russian troops gained full control of Sibelodnetsk on the weekend when Ukraine withdrew after weeks of heavy bombardment and street fighting. ..
The province of Donetsk, adjacent to Luhansk, constitutes the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, the industrial center of Ukraine.
The Kremlin became the main target of the Kremlin because Russian troops were unable to occupy the capital Kieu in the early stages of the war.
Russian troops also control southern territory, including the port city of Mariupol, which was abandoned in several weeks of siege.
Russian missiles also attacked Kieu on Sunday for the first time in a few weeks.
The missile collided with a bridge in the central city of Cherkasy connecting western Ukraine and the eastern battlefield on Sunday, said Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Aresevich.
Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odesa regional administration, said a missile strike in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine destroyed homes and caused a fire. He added that six people, including a child, were injured.
Reuters could not immediately see the details of the report. Russia has denied targeting civilians.
On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, which the Kremlin called a "special military operation" to expel far-right nationalists from the country and ensure Russia's security.
Kyiv and the West use it as an unfounded excuse for the war of aggression, killing thousands, fleeing millions from Ukraine, destroying cities and pushing up food and energy prices. I rejected it.
No division
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Western nations rebounded around Kieu, but more than four months after the war, inflation surged and energy shortages. As he recovers on his own, its unity is being tested. Citizen.
At a summit meeting in Germany's Schloss Elmau, US President Joe Biden emphasized the need for unity in fear of disagreements in the European capital on how to deal with the situation. ..
"From the beginning, Putin expected NATO and the G7 to split, but we didn't, and we don't intend to," Biden said.
(Report by Reuters bureaux, Written by Angus MacSwan, Edited by xxx)
