Russian forces are pressing ahead with their months-long military offensive to capture eastern Ukraine, with the former Soviet country calling for a Western-led ban on all Russians amid heavy fighting between the two sides.

The US says it will send four additional high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) to Ukraine.

Ukraine calls on the West to scale up significantly its supply of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), an advanced multiple rocket launcher, to resist Russian advances in its territory.

The US military reportedly arms its allied Takfiri terrorists in southeastern Syria with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

The local governor of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine has called on civilians to urgently evacuate the city of Sloviansk, as Russian forces push ahead to capture the entire Donbass.

The Syrian ambassador to Moscow says Western countries and Turkey are transferring Daesh and HTS terrorists from Syria’s Idlib to Ukraine in order to fight against Russian forces.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its missiles also struck three storage sites in Zaporizhzhia.