gains in round-the-clock battles. russia is reportedly moving additional forces towards the city including anti-tank missile systems. wagner group fighters captured the decimated city in the donetsk region last month. and leaders of the european union are pledging long term commitment to ukraine. we heard from president zelenskyy by video link who urged them to start work on new sanctions against moscow. salma has been looking at that. yes, so we have the e uu leaders meeting this week this brussels. i believe they started gathering yesterday. and of course they are there to assess what is needed on the battlefield, to take a look at what weaponry, what support the ukrainian military needs to continue that counteroffensive. but they will also be looking potentially at more sanctions. i think that they have already had about ten rounds of sanctions and there could be even more. president zelenskyy in addressing eu leaders was keen