Russia makes gains in southern Ukraine as it expands front-line attacks

The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zapor-izhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military commander said Wednesday, as Moscow's forces expand their efforts to capture more Ukrainian territory.

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Dense fog enabled Russian troops to infiltrate Ukrainian positions in Zaporizhzhia, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on the messaging app Telegram, adding that Ukrainian units are locked in “grueling battles” to repel the Russian thrust.

He noted, however, that the fiercest battles are still in the besieged Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, where close to half of all front-line clashes took place over the previous 24 hours.