Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine - Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

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Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine, as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s industrial heartland