Russian forces advance west and south, but assault on Kharkiv in east repelled by Ukrainian fighters
Russian forces encircled Kyiv on Sunday, the city’s mayor said, but attacks to the Ukrainian capital’s north-west and an attempted incursion into the eastern city of Kharkiv were both repelled. In the southern coastal regions the Russian military appeared to be gaining strength, and there were signs of a change in its tactics as missile strikes were deployed against fixed targets.
