Ukraine’s Zelensky Urges Faster Weapons Deliveries Amid Russian Push

BAKHMUT, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referred to as for the West to speed up deliveries of weapons to Kyiv, as Ukrainian forces battled to maintain Russian troops from encircling Bakhmut, town in japanese Ukraine the place the fiercest preventing is underneath approach.

Russian forces have battered Ukrainian positions within the nation’s east in current weeks, pushing for a breakthrough earlier than tanks pledged by Kyiv’s companions start to reach on the battlefield. In the japanese Donetsk area, Ukrainian troops are coming underneath fixed assault from Russian forces, Mr. Zelensky mentioned in his nightly deal with, describing the scenario as “very tough.”