Zelensky Visits Eastern Front as Ukraine Tries to Beat Back Russian Advance
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front lines of the fighting in the eastern Luhansk region on Sunday, miles from where a Russian general was killed, highlighting the shifting military situation in the area.
Mr. Zelensky greeted troops in Lysychansk, one of the last cities in Luhansk that Ukrainians fully control and just across the river from Severodonetsk, the center of the fight for control of the Donbas area, which includes Luhansk.
It is the closest Ukraine’s president has come to the fighting since Russian forces pulled out of the Kyiv area in central Ukraine in March. Moscow has been focusing its firepower in Donbas recently.
Fighting in the streets of Severodonetsk, the capital of the Ukrainian-administered Luhansk region, is continuing and Ukrainian forces have pulled back from the center of the city after launching counterattacks that pushed back Russian forces over the weekend. Ukrainian forces control the city’s industrial zone and some nearby areas, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region.
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