The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 24. Click here for updates from May 23.
Russia Launches All-Out Assault to Encircle Ukraine Troops in East
Russian forces were launching an all-out assault to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling a river in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a battle which could determine the success or failure of Moscow’s main campaign in the east.
The decisive battles of the war’s latest phase are raging further south, where Moscow is attempting to seize the Donbass region of two eastern provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk, and trap Ukrainian forces in a pocket on the main eastern front….