This is despite the group's public map showing a Russian advance of 14 square kilometers (about 5.4 square miles) in May, due to the delay in publicly acknowledging advances by the Ukrainian military

Vladimir Putin has responded publicly for the first time to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's open letter proposing a face-to-face meeting. Meanwhile, Moscow has accused Kyiv of killing five Azerbaijani nationals after a drone strike on cargo ships in the Sea of Azov.

Top Ukrainian officials claim Moscow’s woes are growing as independent estimates suggest Russia’s economy is faltering.

More than 32,000 casualties from the despot's army were reported in April.

Stealth counterattack: Ukraine launched a secretive operation in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, aiming to retake land before Russian forces could fortify. Russian setbacks: Kyiv exploited Russian communication failures after Starlink cutoff ...

But while the U.S. has shifted its focus elsewhere, Ukraine has been more than holding its own. Its military has increasingly taken the initiative in the country’s east, where small factions of Russian and Ukrainian troops are locked in a hellish form of drone-based hybrid warfare.

Russia faced a major drone attack overnight, just hours before Vladimir Putin's flagship annual economic forum. Damage has been done in St Petersburg and to a nearby warship. Follow the latest - and listen to This is Why on Russia's dying economy.

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For weeks, Ukrainian troops braced for an unfamiliar enemy: North Korean soldiers sent to bolster Moscow’s forces after Ukraine launched a lightning-fast incursion and seized territory in Russia's Kursk region over the summer.

MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the 'Russian empire,' something he said would be greeted by former Soviet ...