The attention on Russia’s battle casualties have obscured the heavy losses of Ukraine’s fighters in Donbas — often ill-trained volunteers — who face severe shelling.
As Russian forces advanced into Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine’s allies promised increased aid, a sharp drop in Russian oil imports and efforts to ship Ukrainian grain out of the country.
A draft of the agreement allows pipeline imports, in a nod to Hungary’s complaints, but would be the toughest action yet over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.