The intensity of the battles recalls some of the worst sieges of eastern Ukraine over the past three years, including in towns like Bakhmut and Avdiivka, names that now evoke memories of mass slaughter for soldiers on both sides.
Facing the prospect of an unpredictable new U.S. president who has vowed to end the war swiftly, Ukraine hopes to use Russian territory as a bargaining chip.
Here, the Russians need to take this territory at any cost, and are pouring all their strength into it, while we are giving everything we have to hold it.
Waves of attacking North Korean infantry have made the battles far more ferocious than before, contributing to a significant escalation in the conflict.
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