War in Donbas

US President Joe Biden announced $1 billion worth of new arms for Ukraine Wednesday as Pentagon officials defended the pace and quality of supplies as meeting Kiev's battlefield needs.

Russia said it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk starting Wednesday as Ukrainian forces wage a desperate battle for control of the city.

The industrial hub is under intense bombardment as Russia focuses its offensive on the eastern Donbas region in an effort to seize a swathe of Ukraine.

Ljubljana – The coalition Freedom Movement and the Left are reserved about both appeals public figures have addressed to the government regarding Slovenia’s stance on the war in Ukraine, while the two opposition parties have expressed unequivocal support for today’s cross-partisan open letter calling for stronger support for Ukraine.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The Kremlin says the main goal of the war is to protect separatist "republics"

The latest report states that the key is in the 90-kilometer-long central sector of the Russian demarcation line in Donbas, which is located west of the North Donetsk River.

Ukraine's defense minister reiterates that he is losing hundreds of soldiers every day. He estimates that Western weapons that have already arrived in Ukraine would be enough to defeat any army in Europe, but not the Russian one.

Russia drew closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories as the Kremlin claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas region.

Ukraine is losing territory, new attacks on Kyiv, Italy summoned the Russian ambassador. Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine is losing territory

Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia's invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow's forces are tightening their grip on the Donbas region.

The sombre milestone came as Kiev announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of Donbas seized in 2014.

"The main road to northern Donetsk is likely to remain under Ukrainian control, but Russia continues to achieve stable local wins. However, Russian forces have also suffered losses in the process," the ministry said in its latest intelligence report.