Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cancelled foreign trips as a Russian offensive in north-east Ukraine intensifies.
Russian forces have recaptured the symbolically important village of Rabotino in Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
The territorial gain was achieved through military action against the Ukrainian forces in the region, in which the adversary lost up to 25 troops and a US-made M777 howitzer, the ministry’s update on the Ukraine conflict said.
Ukraine has pulled back troops from some areas in the border region.
But the Ukrainian military insists it is "not allowing the Russian occupiers to gain a foothold.
"Meanwhile in Kyiv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces an extra $2bn of US funding for Ukraine.
"We're rushing ammunition, armored vehicles, missiles, air defences to get them to the front lines," Blinken says
