Frontline has worsened for Ukraine, army chief says

Ukraine's commander-in-chief has said the concern connected the frontline has worsened successful the look of aggregate Russian attacks.

Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from positions successful the eastbound Donetsk region.

Russia is trying to instrumentality vantage of its superiority successful manpower and artillery earlier Ukrainian forces get much-needed supplies of caller US weapons.

But caller US weapons are yet to marque their mode to the frontlines, wherever Ukrainian troops person been struggling for months with a shortage of ammunition, troops and aerial defences.

"The concern astatine the beforehand has worsened," Gen Syrskyi said successful a station connected the Telegram messaging work connected Sunday.

He confirmed Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from immoderate of their positions successful an country of Donetsk that had formed portion of a antiaircraft line, established aft Russia captured Avdiivka successful February.

Much of the warring has been taking spot astir Chasiv Yar, a Kyiv-controlled stronghold which Russia has been trying to scope aft seizing Avdiivka.

New antiaircraft lines had been taken up further to the westbound successful immoderate areas, with Gen Syrskyi conceding the nonaccomplishment of territory to the advancing Russians.

Moscow had secured "tactical successes successful immoderate sectors," helium said.

Gen Syrskyi added that rested Ukrainian brigades were being rotated successful those areas to regenerate units that had suffered losses.

Russia's defence ministry earlier connected Sunday reported its troops had captured the colony of Novobakhmutivka, astir 10 km (6 miles) northbound of Avdiivka.

It followed speculation astir a rift betwixt his predecessor, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier this month, Gen Syrskyi warned the battlefield concern successful the eastbound of the state had "significantly worsened".

The commandant of Ukraine's National Guard, Oleksandr Pivnenko, said this week that helium was expecting an effort by Russian forces to beforehand connected Kharkiv, Ukraine's 2nd city, which is adjacent the Russian border.

US President Joe Biden this week signed disconnected connected a $95bn (£76bn) bundle of assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aft months of gridlock amid absorption to the assistance from immoderate successful Congress.

The Senate passed a akin assistance bundle successful February, but a radical of conservatives who reason caller Ukraine enactment had prevented it from coming to a ballot successful the House of Representatives.

Between February 2022 and January 2024, the US gave Ukraine much than $40bn successful subject aid, according to German probe organisation, the Kiel Institute.