Ukraine battled Russian troops trying to break through its lines in the east and northeast on Friday before Kyiv received tanks from its Western allies, saying the fighting showed it needed more weapons to repel the invaders, Reuters reported .
battles
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi called the situation at the front “extremely acute”, in particular in the east of the Donetsk region, where Russia is intensifying its offensive.
Zelensky reported major battles for Vugledar, southwest of the regional capital Donetsk, and Bakhmut, to the northeast. Bakhmut was largely crushed by repeated Russian attacks.
Local Ukrainian officials reported heavy shelling in the north, northeast and east.
Tanks were promised
In total, several countries promised Ukraine 321 heavy tanks, the ambassador of Ukraine to France said on the air of the BFM TV channel on Friday.
Poland will send 60 more tanks to Ukraine in addition to the 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks it has already promised, the Polish prime minister said in an interview with Canadian television on Thursday.
Canada will send four Leopard 2 main battle tanks, Canada’s defense minister said, after Germany this week allowed other countries to re-export the German-made tank.
Two diplomatic sources said that France and Italy are close to finalizing the technical details of the delivery of the SAMP/T air defense system.
The Kremlin said it saw the promised delivery of Western tanks as evidence of increased “direct involvement” by the United States and Europe in the 11-month-old war, which both deny.
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