Ukraine says its troops have pushed back Russian advance in eastern city

Sergiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, said Ukrainian troops had retaken 20% of the territory they had lost in Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine said it had recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Sievierodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region, and could hold it for up to two weeks as fighting raged on Saturday.

Sergiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, told national television on Friday that Ukrainian troops had retaken 20% of the territory they had lost in Sievierodonetsk.
 

It was "not realistic" that the city would fall in the next two weeks even though Russian reinforcements were being deployed, he said.
 

"As soon as we have enough Western long-range weapons, we will push their artillery