Ukrainian fighters are holding out in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk as Russia presses an assault that both sides believe could help shape the course of the military conflict, now in its 106th day Follow our live coverage:👇
Ukrainians kneel during a funeral procession of a senior lieutenant in Perechyn, Zakarpattia region. Ukrainian fighters were holding out in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk despite relentless Russian shelling, the regional governor said, as Moscow presses an assault that both sides believe could help shape the course of the offensive.
Russia has concentrated its troops and firepower on the small industrial city to secure the surrounding province on behalf of Moscow-backed separatists. Ukraine's forces pulled back to the city's outskirts on Wednesday but have vowed to fight there for as long as possible. Artillery shelling has turned the city in Ukraine's Luhansk province into a bombed-out wasteland.
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