Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian ...

Russia has claimed ... a Ukrainian war tracker. It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second significant town in Donetsk to fall to the ...

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This map, based on analysis by the Institute for the Study of War, shows ... of gradual Russian gains. Russia is said to be building reserves opposite the city for more attacks.

Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv ... a Ukrainian war tracker with close ties to the military.

Russia has said it had captured ... hold of the northern supply routes into the city, it added. This map from the Institute for the Study of War from January 27, 2025, shows control of Velyka ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has refused to directly engage with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in any upcoming talks ...

Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv’s troops in Kursk ... according to DeepState, a Ukrainian war ...

Senior Ukrainian official Mykhailo Podolyak revealed to The Independent a week after the attack that the assault was a “military tool of coercion to force Russia into the negotiation process”. Kyiv ...