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Russia steps up attack on Ukrainian towns, Poland pledges more tanks
Russia has stepped up its attack on Ukrainian towns in the east and the northeast, days after the West pledged more tanks in what Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a “tank coalition”.
After Germany and the US, Poland has promised an additional 60 tanks on top of 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks it had already pledged. A total of 321 heavy tanks have been promised to Ukraine by several countries, Reuters reported.
But Ukraine President Zelenskyy has called the situation at the front “extremely acute”, particularly in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia is stepping up its offensive. Major battles are underway for Vuhledar, to the southwest of Donetsk, and Bakhmut, to the northeast.
