Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine pulls forces back in east as front line worsens; Kyiv desperately awaits U.S. weapon supplies

LIVE UPDATES This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. Ukrainian forces have been forced to retreat from several villages in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advanced, the country's army chief said Sunday. "The situation at the front [has] worsened," Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Telegram. He said the "most difficult situation" was in the areas west of Russian-occupied Maryinka and Avdiivka, a town captured by Russian …