News LIVE: Russian forces to now focus on the liberation of Donbas

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Neighbours try to extinguish the fire of a house, destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Neighbours try to extinguish the fire of a house, destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Live news updates: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again appealed to to negotiate an end to the war, but says would not agree to give up any of its territory for the sake of peace. In his nightly video address to the nation Friday, Zelenskyy appeared to be responding to Col. Gen Sergei Rudskoi, deputy chief of the Russian general staff, who said Russian forces would now focus on the main goal, the liberation of Donbas.


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The main tasks of the first stage of Russia’s special military operation in have been completed in general, the Russian military has said. “The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced,” said Sergei Rudskoy, first Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on Friday. “Our forces and means will concentrate on the main thing — the complete liberation of Donbas,” he added.



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