According to Kyiv, Russia has intensified its attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin has warned “lightning-fast” retaliation against any Western countries who intervene on Ukraine’s behalf.

Russia has launched an offensive to grab two eastern provinces more than two months after an invasion that has levelled cities but failed to capture the capital Kyiv. The West sees the conflict as a decisive turning point in the war.

“The enemy’s offensive operation is picking up speed. The Russian occupants are firing heavily in nearly every direction “The situation on the main front in the east, according to Ukraine’s military command.

According to the report, Russia’s primary strike took place near the towns of Slobozhanske and Donets, along a crucial frontline route that connects Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with the Russian-occupied city of Izyum. Russian soldiers were intensifying attacks from Izyum, according to the regional governor of Kharkiv, but Ukrainian troops were maintaining their ground.

Despite being forced out of northern Ukraine this month, Russian forces are firmly entrenched in the east and control a stretch of the south that they took in March.

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