Russia-Ukraine war updates

#NATO cautions war may go on for years

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the war in Ukraine could go on for years and called for the provision of more modern weapons to Ukrainian troops.

#According to TASS, two senior Ukrainian commanders who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol have been transferred to Russia for investigation.

#The governor of Lugansk, Serhiy Haidai, says he is preparing “for the worst” as Russian forces intensify their attack on Eastern cities.

#The Ukrainian army claims to have suffered a setback at Metolkin, a village southeast of the key town of Severodonetsk.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the front lines in Mykolaiv and Odesa, and declares that Ukrainian troops “will definitely” win against Russia.