INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Two people were killed Friday in a Russian attack on the city of Kurakhove, located in the eastern Donetsk region, which is bearing the
brunt of ongoing fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces."Various high-rise buildings were damaged
Two people were injured, two people died," the head of the Ukrainian military administration Roman Padun said on social media.Kurakhove is
near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, around 40 kilometers west of the Moscow-controlled city of Donetsk.Outgunned and outmanned
Ukrainian troops in the wider region are struggling against Russian forces who are pushing toward the key town of Chasiv Yar.Ukrainian
Forces Commander Oleksandr Pavliuk described a dire situation around the key city."We are trying everything we can do to stop the Russian
plan to capture Chasiv Yar before May 9," Pavliuk was quoted as saying
"But Russians have a 10-to-one ratio of artillery superiority there, and total air superiority."Ukrainian forces have been suffering from
ammunition shortages, partly due to delays in United States military aid, which was approved by President Joe Biden last week after
Congress finally passed the package.Biden vowed to ensure the aid shipments would reach Ukraine swiftly.
