The United Nations has declared that there would be no victor from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the ongoing war entered its 100th day and Moscow’s forces pressed deeper into the eastern Donbas region.
‘This war has and will have no winner. Rather, we have witnessed for 100 days what is lost: lives, homes, jobs and prospects,’ Amin Awad, Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, said in a statement.
Africa Today News, New York reports that after being repelled from around the capital, President Vladimir Putin’s troops have set their sights on capturing eastern Ukraine, prompting warnings the war could drag on.
Some of the fiercest fightings is now centred on Severodonetsk in the Donbas region, 80 per cent of which the Russians have seized, but Ukrainian forces are putting up stiff resistance.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Thursday that Ukrainian forces had had some success in the battle for the industrial hub, which is in the Lugansk region.
‘But it is still too early. It is the toughest area at the moment,’ he added.
Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said on Telegram that “for 100 days, they have been levelling everything”, accusing the Russians of destroying hospitals, schools and roads.
‘But we are only getting stronger. Hatred of the enemy and faith in our victory make us unbreakable.”
Since Russia’s February 24 invasion, thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee, while Zelensky says up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers are dying every day on the battlefield.
Led by the United States, Western nations have pumped arms and military supplies into Ukraine to help it survive the onslaught.
Bridget Brink, the new US ambassador to Kyiv, promised Thursday that the United States would “help Ukraine prevail against Russian aggression,” after presenting her credentials to Zelensky.
Earlier this week, the United States announced that it was sending more advanced Himar multiple rocket launch systems to Ukraine.