With the Russian military's capture of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Saturday, the front line has shifted substantially, setting the stage for the war's next grueling chapter as Ukrainian forces retrench and Russian troops reform for future assaults.
They don't have a well-established secondary line to pull back to, said Michael Kofman, a Russia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said in a telephone interview. Much depends on whether Russian forces can keep pushing or if they run out of momentum.
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