Russian Forces Push to Extend Gains as G-7 Leaders Promise More Aid to Ukraine – WSJ

Russian forces are pressing to expand recent gains in eastern Ukraine, seeking to surround the last major city in the eastern Luhansk region still under Kyiv s control as Group of Seven leaders meet in Germany.

Aided by artillery and airstrikes, Russian troops are advancing from the south to blockade the city of Lysychansk, which abuts the recently seized Severodonetsk, Ukrainian officials said. The governor of Luhansk again asked civilians to evacuate Lysychansk.

The plodding yet persistent Russian advance adds to pressure on Western leaders meeting at two summits this week to discuss how to support Ukraine and punish Russia.

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Luke is currently in Vilnius, along with lots of Russians and Belarusians, so much so that apartment rentals were hard to find. This war is looking more and more like WWI.2. The Left and Right in the US seem to be gravitating toward the anti-war position and this will be especially true if DJT is our next president presumably.