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war in ukraine
the east will make it harder for
the Ukrainians to run guerrilla
operations. For their part, Rus-
sian forces will be able to muster
large mechanized formations of
tanks and armored vehicles.
Both sides appear positioned to
dig in for a long and bloody
battle focused in the east that
U.S. officials have warned could
last months or more.
After numerous missteps and
surprisingly fierce resistance
from Ukrainian forces, Russia
seems to be trying to fix some of
the problems its forces initially
encountered. A senior U.S. offi-
cial said Saturday that Russia
had appointed a general with
extensive experience in Syria and
the Donbas to oversee the war
effort, marking the first time a
single commander has taken
control of the entire Ukraine
operation.
The appointment of Alexan-
der Dvornikov, commander of
the Russian southern military
district, signals an attempt by
Moscow to bring some coherence
to what military experts describe
as a chaotically executed opera-
tion that has taken the lives of
several generals.
Part of the challenges facing
Russia include the stubborn re-
sistance from Ukraine, which
has prevented Russia from estab-
lishing a land corridor linking
Crimea to the eastern Donbas
region, the British Defense Min-
istry said in a Saturday intelli-
gence update.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Ne-
hammer also visited Kyiv on
Saturday and met with Zelensky,
pledging to help alleviate the
suffering of Ukrainians. Austria,
which has remained neutral dur-
ing the war, is providing humani-
tarian aid to Ukraine but not
weapons.
The day trip by the Austrian
leader follows a visit on Friday by
European Union officials, in-
cluding European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen
and European Union foreign pol-The gruesome scenes of the
latest attacks came only days
after evidence emerged that Rus-
sian troops had tortured and
massacred hundreds of civilians
in Bucha, just outside Kyiv. The
images of the dead, many with
hands bound behind them and
apparently executed, have inten-
sified pressure on Western gov-
ernments to support Ukraine
and provide more heavy weapon-
ry.
In the wake of the train station
attack, British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson made a surprise
visit to Kyiv on Saturday and met
with Ukrainian President Volod-
ymyr Zelensky. It was his first
visit to the country since the
Russian invasion began.
Calling the war “inexcusable,”
Johnson pledged to intensify
sanctions on Russia by not mere-
ly freezing assets but also mov-
ing away from the use of Russian
oil and gas. He also promised
British assistance with clearing
mines Russian forces left behind
and said that Britain would liber-
alize trade with Ukraine. A day
earlier, Johnson announced that
the United Kingdom would pro-
vide an additional $130 million
worth of weapons for Ukraine.
In a news conference with
Johnson after their meeting, Zel-
ensky called on leaders of
W estern democracies to “follow
the example of the United King-
dom” by imposing an embargo
on Russian energy sources and
supplying more weapons to
Ukraine.
Later Saturday, Zelensky
shared a video on Telegram
showing the two men walking
down largely empty streets in
Kyiv, flanked by soldiers.
Ukraine faces a new and poten-
tially more challenging phase in
the war as Russia repositions its
forces.
Unlike near Kyiv, where Ukrai-
nian forces were able to hide in
forests, the wide open spaces of
UKRAINE FROM A
Eastern Ukraine
braces for battle
icy chief Josep Borrell. The E.U.
officials also visited the suburb
of Bucha after the hundreds of
civilians were found slain after
Russian troops withdrew.
After the visit by E.U. officials,
the European Union said it
would resume its diplomatic
presence in Kyiv. Borrell said in a
statement the governing body
had confidence that the Ukraini-
an government could “ensure
effective and full functioning of
state and government structures,
despite very difficult circum-
stances.”
Matti Maasikas, head of the
E.U. delegation in Ukraine, also
tweeted a picture of the E.U. flag,
signaling his return to Kyiv after
the office temporarily moved to
Poland during the Russian inva-
sion.
In an interview with the Asso-
ciated Press on Saturday, Zel-
ensky said the United States and
Europe still had not supplied
enough weapons and supplies toNICOLE TUNG FOR THE WASHINGTON POSTWOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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