Russia ready if west wants to fight for Ukraine on battlefield, Lavrov says
If the west wants to fight for Ukraine on the battlefield, Russia is prepared for it, acting Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by the state-run RIA new agency on Monday.
The Kremlin said last week that sending Nato troops into Ukraine would potentially be extremely dangerous, and that Moscow was closely watching a Ukrainian petition calling for such an intervention.
Russian forces attack Kharkiv
Russian forces are attacking the border of Ukraine’s northern Kharkiv region in small groups in an attempt to stretch the front line, the region’s governor said on Monday.
Oleh Syniehubov told local TV:
The enemy is trying to deliberately stretch it (front line), attacking in small groups, but in new directions, so to speak.
He added that Ukrainian forces were holding Russian troops back but there was a real threat that the fighting could spread to new settlements.
