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Russian fighters (1)encroached on two other Ukrainian cities as street fighting (2)flared across Kyiv, where a missile hit a residential building.
The Ukrainian defense forces, outmanned and (4)outgunned, waged a ferocious (5)resistance to the Russian invasion on Saturday, battling to keep control of the capital, Kyiv, and other cities around the country.
Glossary
1. encroach: to gradually move or go into an area that is beyond the usual or desired limits يتجاوز، يتعدّى
- The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year.
- Russia is demanding legally binding security guarantees that the Western alliance won’t expand further eastward, with Moscow saying that would encroach on its own traditional sphere of influence.
usually + on or upon
- People are encroaching on the animal's habitat.
- The ocean is slowly encroaching upon the shoreline.
- A match flared (up) in the darkness.
often + up
- The fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.
- Fighting in eastern Ukraine is not unusual, with periodic flare-ups throughout the war years.
- We were outgunned by the enemy.
4. resistance: effort made to stop or to fight against someone or something مقاومة
- He offered no resistance when he was arrested. [=he did not try to prevent himself from being arrested]
- The troops met heavy/stiff resistance as they approached the city.