Despite championing its illegal annexation of four eastern Ukrainian regions, Russia is losing more ground to Ukraine’s forces, who are pushing back further in an aggressive counteroffensive. Crystal Goomansingh looks at where progress is being made in Kyiv’s campaign, while Moscow engages in political threatre.
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