Fight for 'every metre' in Severodonetsk

Ukraine is fighting for 'every metre' in Severodonetsk - Zelensky

In his late-night video address, Ukraine's President Zelensky said Russia was deploying "poorly trained conscripts and those gathered by covert mobilisation" to the eastern region of Donbas, Qazet.az reports according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia is deploying reserve forces in Donbas to support its assault on the city of Severodonetsk, "where very fierce fighting is going on literally for every metre", as well as Lysychansk, Bakhmut and other areas.

"Russia can cross the line of 40,000 of its lost troops already in June. In no other war in many decades have they lost so much," he said, accusing Russian generals of seeing their people as "cannon fodder".

He once again called on world leaders to provide Ukraine with modern missile defence systems, citing the casualties from the latest missile attack on western Ukraine.