Source: The Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project
Note: As of Oct. 29
By The New York Times
Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East
In October, Russia made its largest territorial gains since the summer of 2022, as Ukrainian lines buckled under sustained pressure.
Over the past month, Russian forces have seized more than 160 square miles of land in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, the main theater of the war today. That has allowed them to take control of strategic towns that anchored Ukrainian defenses in the area, beginning with Vuhledar in early October. This past week, battle has raged in Selydove, which now appears lost.
Ultimately, experts say, these gains, among the swiftest of the war, will help the Russian army secure its flanks before launching an assault on the city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub for Ukrainian forces in the Donbas.
Source: New York Times analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project
Note: As of Oct. 29
By The New York Times
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