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Aleksandr Syrsky has acknowledged battlefield setbacks after Moscow has seized initiative Russian forces have continued their push further westward from Donetsk, forcing Ukrainian units to pull back from three more villages under heavy attacks by multiple brigades, Kiev’s top general has conceded.

The French leader says he wants Kiev’s operation to be as “victorious as possible”  Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces will be a lengthy operation, with Kiev getting more deliveries of Western weapons and ammunition in the coming days and weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.