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

A Press TV correspondent says it is only a matter of time until Russian forces take Ukraine's strategic city of Lysychansk, the twin city of Severodonetsk in the Donbass, as Moscow pushes ahead to capture the entire eastern Ukrainian region.

Russia has urged the Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the strategic city of Severodonetsk in the Donbass to lay down their arms by early Wednesday, as it pushes ahead to completely bring the eastern region under its control.

A handful of American veterans have volunteered to head to Ukraine to train civilians for combat, The Daily Beast said in a report,

Press TV’s Johnny Miller says the conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between Russia and NATO on one hand, and an ethnic war on the other.

Russia has said it is ready to open a humanitarian corridor for ships carrying food to Ukraine to leave the country in return for the lifting of some sanctions.

Russia has simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad in the Baltic Sea, in a potential signal to the West, which has been heavily backing Ukraine, and an indication of how the conflict in Ukraine could escalate.

Russian forces have reportedly launched a series of fresh assaults on different sites in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow's offensive against the former Soviet country continues.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov made the remarks in an interview with the Newsweek.

Iryna Vereshchuk says ten humanitarian corridors will evacuate civilians from the besieged cities and towns.