Conflicting reports emerged, with a Kremlin adviser calling it a ‘gift’ to Putin and Trump, while a Ukrainian officer calls the front line ‘chaotic’
Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the mining town of Dobropillia in a move that may be designed to increase the pressure on Ukraine to cede land as the US and Russian presidents prepare to meet.
Ukraine’s authoritative DeepState war map showed on Tuesday that Russian forces had quickly advanced up to 10km (6.2 miles) north in two prongs in recent days, part of their drive to take full control of Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
DeepState said they had advanced near three villages on a section of the frontline associated with the two key Ukrainian strongholds of Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka.
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