Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) shows a medal as he visits servicemen who were wounded during the Russian military action in Ukraine, at a military hospital in Moscow on October 29, 2025. Photograph: Kristina Kormilitsyna/Getty Images
Ukrainian forces are struggling to fend off intensifying Russian advances around the eastern city of Pokrovsk, military and open-source analysts said on Wednesday.
Moscow’s troops have in recent weeks closed
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