Source: Situation on frontline has worsened, Ukraine army chief says
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief has said the situation on the frontline has worsened in the face of multiple Russian attacks.
Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from positions in the eastern Donetsk region.
Russia is trying to take advantage of its superiority in manpower and artillery before Ukrainian forces get much-needed supplies of new US weapons.
The US last week agreed a $61bn (£49bn) package of military aid for Ukraine.
But new US weapons are yet to make their way to the frontlines, where Ukrainian troops have been struggling for months with a shortage of ammunition, troops and air defences.
“The situation at the front has worsened,” Gen Syrskyi said in a post on the Telegram messaging service on Sunday.
He confirmed Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from some of their positions in an area of Donetsk that had formed part of a defensive line, established after Russia captured Avdiivka in February.
Much of the fighting has been taking place around Chasiv Yar, a Kyiv-controlled stronghold which Russia has been trying to reach after seizing Avdiivka.
New defensive lines had been taken up further to the west in some areas, with Gen Syrskyi conceding the loss of territory to the advancing Russians.
Moscow had secured “tactical successes in some sectors,” he said.
乌克兰总司令表示，面对俄罗斯的多次进攻，前线局势更加恶化。亚历山大·西尔斯基表示，乌克兰军队已从顿涅茨克东部地区的阵地撤出。俄罗斯正试图在乌克兰军队获得急需的美国新武器供应之前利用其在人力和火炮方面的优势。美国上周同意向乌克兰提供 610 亿美元的军事援助。但美国的新武器尚未运抵前线，几个月来，乌克兰军队一直在缺乏弹药、部队和防空系统的情况下苦战。 “前线的情况已经恶化，”西尔斯基将军周日在电报群上发帖称。他证实，乌克兰军队已从顿涅茨克地区的部分阵地撤出，这些阵地是俄罗斯二月份占领阿夫季夫卡后建立的防线的一部分。大部分战斗发生在基辅控制的查西夫亚尔周围，俄罗斯在夺取阿夫季夫卡后一直试图进入该要塞。在一些地区，新的防线已经向西延伸，西尔斯基将军承认，俄罗斯人的前进让他们失去了领土。他说，莫斯科“在某些领域取得了战术上的成功”。
