China News Service, May 26. According to Agence France-Presse, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Mariar said on the 26th local time that the fighting in the Donbas region has reached its most intense level so far as Russian troops penetrate into the industrial zone.
Malial warned of an "extremely difficult" and "long" time ahead for the fight.
Earlier on the 24th, a number of Russian officials emphasized that the "special military operation" will continue until all the established mission objectives are completed.