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Russian Ukraine advance accelerates for 3rd month
The Freeman
|July 02, 2025
Russia’s military advance in June accelerated for a third consecutive month and made its largest advance since November, according to AFP’s analysis of data from US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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The Russian army took 588 square kilometers (227 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in June, compared with 507 square kilometers in May, 379 square kilometers in April, and 240 square kilometers in March, according to ISW data.
Moscow’s advance had slowed during the winter.
Except for the early months of the war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, only October (610 square kilometers) and November (725 square kilometers) of last year saw larger Russian advances than those of June 2025.
This story is from the July 02, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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