Two women sit inside a van as they are evacuated from Bakhmut, Eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday. The town has been coming under increasing artillery strikes, particularly over the last week, as Russian forces try to press forward to encircle the city of Severodonetsk to the northeast. (Francisco Seco/The Associated Press)
Updates from Day 90 of the invasion
Russia has brought ‘insane number’ of fighters and equipment to Luhansk region, governor says
Bodies found in Mariupol building, not clear when they died.
Ukraine says at least 14 civilians were killed Tuesday in Russian attacks in the east.
Military spokesperson says Eastern Ukraine facing ‘full-scale aggression’ from Russia.
Latest Canadian contribution to Ukraine fighting is 20,000 artillery rounds, usable in howitzers.
European Commission president believes Russia is targeting grain warehouses.
The Ukrainian governor of the eastern Luhansk region said Tuesday that the area was facing “the most difficult time” since conflict with Russia-backed separatists began in 2014.
“Now, for the Luhansk region, is the most difficult time in the eight years of the war,” Serhii Haidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “The Russians are advancing in all directions at the same time; they brought over an insane number of fighters and equipment.”
He also accused Moscow’s troops of deploying scorched-earth tactics across the region, one of two which make up Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.
