Ukraine Under Pressure in East as NATO Chief Says Russia Must Not Win

Ukraine Under Pressure in East as NATO Chief Says Russia Must Not Win
A rescue worker works in the aftermath of the strike, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, in this handout image released on Aug. 1, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region/Handout via Reuters
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KYIV—Ukraine said on Thursday it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week described the pressure his armed forces were under in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine as “Hell.” He spoke of fierce fighting around the town of Avdiivka and the fortified village of Pisky, where Kyiv has acknowledged its Russian foe’s “partial success” in recent days.