Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

Since the Russian capture of the city of Avdiivka in February ... a Ukrainian war tracker with close ties to the military. Some of Ukraine’s troops, meanwhile, have retreated several miles ...

In November 2023, Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the war had reached a stalemate after Ukraine’s failed ... the withdrawal of troops from Avdiivka, a strategically important town ...

Since the Russian capture of the city of Avdiivka in February ... according to DeepState, a Ukrainian war tracker with close ties to the military. Some of Ukraine’s troops, meanwhile, have retreated ...