fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days agoUkraine war briefing: Russia makes biggest battleground gains since first year of war, analysis shows
Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis showed, as Kyiv prepared to host security advisers from allied states despite Moscow's unrelenting strikes. The Russian army captured more than 5,600 square kilometres, or nearly 1%, of Ukrainian territory in 2025, according to an AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War.
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