Russia bombards 100 settlements within 24 hours as top Ukrainian commander warns war has become deadlocked.
Russia has carried out its biggest artillery attack so far this year, Ukraine has said, as Kyiv’s top general admitted the war had reached a deadlock, with little prospect that his troops would make “a deep and beautiful breakthrough.”
Russian troops have bombarded Ukrainian towns and villages across a 600-mile frontline. In recent weeks, they have pulverized the southern city of Kherson—which Ukraine took back last year—and targeted numerous settlements in the eastern Donbas.
“Over the last 24 hours, the enemy shelled 118 settlements in 10 regions,” Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, wrote on social media. He added: “This is the highest number of cities and villages that have come under attack since the start of the year.”
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