Second phase of war has begun, says Ukraine's presidential cabinet chief

Ukrainian Presidency Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak declared today that the second phase of the war has begun.
Ukraine's National Security Council Secretary Olexiy Danilov has said Russia tried to break Ukrainian defence “along almost the entire front line of Donetsk regions, Luhansk and Kharkiv”.
“They launched their attempt to start the active phase,” he added, in comments that were broadcast on television.
He said Russian troops had seized the town of Kreminna, about 50km northeast of Kramatorsk, but Ukrainian troops were holding line “in other areas, the BBC broadcast.












