Ukrainian forces are getting pummeled by the Russians because arms shipments from Western allies have been trickling in too slowly and too late, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. About half of Ukraine’s brigades in the east are not properly equipped,

Ukrainian troops are suffering high losses because Western arms are arriving too slowly to equip the armed forces properly, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday. Russia has been gaining ground in parts of eastern Ukraine including around Pokrovsk.