Ukraine reinforces Donetsk as it seeks to disrupt Russia’s weapons flow

Ukraine has reinforced the defence of its eastern Donetsk region as Russia mounted renewed efforts to seize Sloviansk, a key part of Ukraine’s “fortress belt” of cities that include Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka.At the same time, Britain and France made a crucial decision to transfer Storm Shadow cruise missile technology to Kyiv, as Ukraine shifts its air defence strategy to destroying Russia’s means of ballistic missile production and launch, rather than intercepting the missiles individually.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Not going to sacrifice my life’: Russia mobilisation fears growlist 2 of 4Ukrainian strikes kill 12 in Russia and Donbas, target Wildberrieslist 3 of 4Russia warns it could target UK in response to Kyiv firing British missileslist 4 of 4Russian military serviceman killed in car bomb in St Petersburgend of listUkrainian commander-in-chief Mykhailo Drapatyi made the first major decision of his new command on August 26 to reinforce two units defending Sloviansk.(Al Jazeera)Russia has also been infiltrating the fortress city of Kostiantynivka to the south of Sloviansk, but does not control it.Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashov...