KYIV: The Ukraine war front line remained largely frozen in June, extending a longer-term trend of stalled Russian momentum, an AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) showed. The June data showed a Russian net gain of 30 square kilometers (12 square miles), focused in the northeastern Kharkiv region. But those gains were largely down to previous Russian incursions being upgraded to advances, as more evidence came to light, said the ISW.

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