Russia keeps up pressure in east Ukraine, EU leaders meet Zelenskiy in Kyiv

Zelenskiy called for more sanctions, saying the pace had “slightly slowed” of late and that Moscow was adapting to them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged EU leaders during talks in Kyiv on Thursday to slap more sanctions on Russia, as Moscow’s forces pressed their offensive in eastern Ukraine and fired missiles into the city of Kramatorsk near the front line.