Kyiv was rocked by several explosions early on Sunday, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said, a day after officials said troops had recaptured a swath of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk in a counter-offensive against Russia.
"Several explosions in Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of the capital," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Services are already working on site. More detailed information - later."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe Ukrainian claim on Sievierodonetsk could not be independently verified, and Moscow said its own forces were making gains there.
Russia has concentrated its forces on Sievierodonetsk in recent weeks for one of the biggest ground battles of the war, with Moscow appearing to bet its campaign on capturing one of two eastern provinces it claims on behalf of separatist proxies. "We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build an exit ramp through diplomatic means," Macron told regional newspapers in an interview published on Saturday, adding he was "convinced that it is France's role to be a mediating power."
Asked about Macron's mediation offer on national television, Zelenskiy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said there was "no point in holding negotiations" until Ukraine received all the pledged weapons, strengthened its position and pushed Russian forces "back as far as possible to the borders of Ukraine". Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Ukraine's Luhansk province, which includes Sievierodonetsk, said Ukrainian forces previously in control of just 30% of the city had mounted a counter-attack, recapturing another 20% of it.
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