Russia suffered a major setback in its war when a Ukrainian counteroffensive forced its troops back from large swaths of the country's northeast.
The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that Russian troops had established a defensive line between the Oskil River and the town of Svatove along the Luhansk border.
That line sits along the border of Luhansk oblast, officials noted, and"any substantial loss of territory" in Luhansk will"unambiguously undermine Russia's strategy."
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