Outgunned Ukrainian forces locked in 'fierce battles' against Putin's advancing army, says Zelensky
by Nicholas Cecil
May 13, 2024
3 minutes
Outgunned and outnumbered Ukrainian forces are locked in “fierce battles” against the advancing Russian army in two border areas, says Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine’s president stressed that intense fighting was taking place near the border in eastern and north-eastern Ukraine as Ukrainian soldiers try to push back a significant Russian ground offensive.
"Defensive battles are ongoing, fierce battles, on a large part of our border area," he said in his nightly video address.
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