Ukraine retreated from villages on the eastern front
Russian troops have captured or entered a handful of villages on Ukraine’s eastern front during the past week, capitalizing on outgunned and outnumbered Ukrainian forces before the latest U.S. military aid can arrive, military experts said.
Congress recently approved $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine, and President Biden signed the package last week, vowing to expedite the shipment of arms. But before the aid arrives, Ukraine faces an onslaught in several vulnerable areas.
Russian forces are advancing steadily past Avdiivka, which they captured in February after months of fighting. Ukrainian forces fell back to a new defensive line along a series of small villages about three miles to the west, but that line has now been overrun. As many as 25,000 Russian soldiers are also trying to take Chasiv Yar, which lies on strategic high ground, about seven miles west of Bakhmut.
Congress recently approved $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine, and President Biden signed the package last week, vowing to expedite the shipment of arms. But before the aid arrives, Ukraine faces an onslaught in several vulnerable areas.
Russian forces are advancing steadily past Avdiivka, which they captured in February after months of fighting. Ukrainian forces fell back to a new defensive line along a series of small villages about three miles to the west, but that line has now been overrun. As many as 25,000 Russian soldiers are also trying to take Chasiv Yar, which lies on strategic high ground, about seven miles west of Bakhmut.
