KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged Western leaders to supply anti-aircraft defense systems to his embattled nation as Russian forces assaulted Lysychansk, the last big city still held by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk Province.
As the leaders met, Russian forces were bombarding Lysychansk, the Kremlin’s immediate battlefield target following the fall of neighboring Sievierodonetsk over the weekend.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said the city was suffering “catastrophic” damage from the shelling and he urged civilians to urgently evacuate.
“The situation in the city is very difficult,” Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Prior to his address to G7 leaders meeting in the resort of Schloss Elmaua, Zelenskyy had stressed the urgency of the need for more arms….