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

https://mins.news/en/item/35927

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-28 16:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/28/ukraine-reinforces-donetsk-as-it-seeks-to-disrupt-russias-weapons-flow?traffic_source=rss

> Ukraine has strengthened defences around Donetsk as Russia renews efforts to capture Sloviansk. After setbacks involving US Patriots, Kyiv is using European weapons and long-range strikes to target Russia’s ballistic-missile production, launch systems, supply routes, airfields, refineries and energy infrastructure rather than intercepting missiles one by one.

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