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Ukraine is “holding on” to key frontline cities in Donbas, according to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Providing a quick update as to the situation in Donbas during his latest national address, Zelenskiy said:
The frontline situation today is without significant changes. Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk and other cities in Donbas, which the occupiers now consider key targets, are holding on.”
We have a certain positive in the Zaporizhzhia region, where we manage to thwart the plans of the occupiers. We are gradually moving forward in the Kharkiv region, liberating our land. We are keeping defence in the Mykolaiv direction.”
