Daryna Mayer is an NBC News producer and reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
KYIV, Ukraine — Forced back, Ukraine is now digging in to stop a collapse across the war’s front lines as Russian attacks and American delays leave Kyiv and its allies to confront the possibility of a painful defeat. A $61 billion aid package has been stuck in Congress for months, leaving Ukraine exposed on the front lines — running out of ammunition and men — while its energy system now faces an onslaught that is exposing its depleted air defenses.
Last week, Russian state media reported that Russian forces entered the suburbs of Chasiv Yar, and on Monday Russia’s Defense Ministry said its paratroopers stormed a Ukrainian stronghold on the outskirts of the city. Ukraine admitted last weekend that things were “difficult” there. “Russia is already trying to advance now,” said Mykola Bielieskov, a research fellow at Ukraine’s National Institute for Strategic Studies, a government research group.
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