Ukraine’s top military commander says fighting around a key eastern Ukraine city is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push. Analysts estimate Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of Pokrovsk.
A father hugs his daughter, his other children nearby, as they wait for evacuation in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine , Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, Russian servicemen fire a D-20 howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location. A father hugs his daughter, his other children nearby, as they wait for evacuation in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine , Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.
Ukraine’s stretched defenses in Donetsk have been creaking since early this year under a fierce Russian drive to capture its neighbor’s entire eastern Donbas region. Russian forces are trying to overwhelm Ukraine’s battlefield defenses with sheer numbers of troops andin February 2022, is one of Ukraine’s main defensive strongholds and a key logistics hub in the Donetsk region.
The Donetsk operation has had “a massive cost” for Russian forces, the Washington-based think tank said. Those losses “will temper their ability to translate these gains into more far-reaching offensive operations” in the months ahead, it said.
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