Ukraine Sets Sights on Retaking Key Eastern City

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian authorities say their troops are closing in on the Russian-occupied city of Kreminna, taking control of the city could allow Kiev to significantly expand its efforts to retake Russian-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.

Kreminna, a city in the eastern Luhansk region with a pre-war population of 18,000, is being abandoned by the Russian military command as Ukrainian troops advance through the heavily fortified and mined area around it. , said Serhiy HaidaiGovernor of Luhansk.