Russian attacks on Kramatorsk escalate Ukraine war as Kyiv regains ground
Al Jazeera
Ukraine has won back some of its territory this year for the first time since 2023 amid claims of soaring Russian losses.
Russia has called for a “cessation of hostilities” in US President Donald Trump’s “aggression against Iran”, after the United States and Israel launched unprovoked, coordinated attacks against the Islamic republic on February 28.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offered mediation in the conflict, while Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed “deep concern”.
But as a new war rages, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has barrelled into a fifth year with little sign of peace on the horizon.
On February 27, Russian forces escalated their offensive by shelling outlying communities of Kramatorsk, a city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russia has claimed.
It was “the first time that Russian forces have hit Kramatorsk or its suburbs with tube artillery,” said the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank.
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