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At Davos summit, EU and NATO leaders slam Russia’s offensive
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen says invasion ‘must fail’ while NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg urges end to reliance on Russian gas.
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, European Union and NATO leaders slam Russia and urge countries to pull back from trade with Moscow.
Kyiv appeals to allies for more heavy weaponry and warns of a “ruthless” battle in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
A Ukrainian official says rescue workers digging through rubble in Ukraine’s ruined southeastern port city of Mariupol have discovered 200 bodies.
Battles in east could decide Ukraine’s fate, Kyiv says
Battles being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the country’s fate, Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk has said.
Three months after invading Ukraine, Russian forces are trying to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine. Motuzyanyk said Russian forces had not given up attempts to cross the river.
“Now we are observing the most active phase of the full-scale aggression which Russia unfolded against our country,” he told a televised briefing.