Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi put additional pressure on his Western allies and called for more timely aid, while in the background Ukraine gains territory in Russia, but is pushed back in the Donetsk region, writes "Politico".
"Our guys are doing great on all fronts. However, there is a need for faster delivery of supplies from our partners," Zelensky said in an evening address on Sunday.
"Solutions are needed, as well as timely logistics for the announced aid packages. I am specifically addressing the United States, the United Kingdom and France," he added.
Russia is rapidly advancing near Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region. Russian forces have almost captured Krasnogorovka and occupied New York, a city in Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army brigade said in a Telegram post on Sunday.
"The enemy is spreading in the region. The rate of progress is very high. And, unfortunately, now his offensive potential here is limited not by the strength of our resistance, but rather by his reserves," the brigade said.
Local Ukrainian authorities also announced a forced evacuation in the area. "More than 53,000 people, including almost 4,000 children, still live here, but recently the front has moved too close to Pokrovsk, so we have to react accordingly," Vadim Filashkin, the governor of Donetsk, said in a statement on Monday .
Ukraine is making more progress across the border on Russian soil, where it surprised Kremlin forces nearly two weeks ago.
In Russia's Kursk region, the Ukrainian army has reportedly destroyed all three bridges over the Seym River, Russian military correspondent Vladimir Romanov said in a Telegram post on Monday.
The Ukrainian army also advanced southeast of Suja in Russia and captured three more villages in the Kursk region, according to a new update from a war mapping project affiliated with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army announced a successful strike on the "Kavkaz" plant. in the nearby Rostov region. "Oil and petroleum products were stored there" and supplied the Russian army, it said in a statement .
In response to Zelensky's call, a spokesman for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would support Ukraine for as long as the conflict lasts and said "no change" regarding the ban against the use of British Storm Shadow missiles in Russia, but that talks with the US and France about the situation in the region continue.