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Russian forces appear to have captured Urozhaine, a southern village recaptured through Ukraine last summer. To the east, they are a key route of origin.
By Constant Méheut
Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine
Russian forces entered Urozhaine, a southern village recaptured through Ukraine last summer, over the weekend, the latest in a series of slow, steady advances that are reversing hard-won Ukrainian victories.
The Russian advances are a sobering progression for Kyiv as its troops struggle to carry out attacks along a front line of more than a thousand kilometers.
Moscow’s troops are also advancing in the East. They have entered the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a Ukrainian stronghold in the region, and have reached a key route for Ukraine for the last time.
Ukraine hopes that weapons and ammunition recently provided through its Western allies will help it engage Russian forces. This has already happened in the northeast, where Ukraine’s reinforced defenses tried to prevent a Russian offensive that threatened Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Officials said last week that Russia is unlikely to make significant territorial gains in the coming months.
While the war has raged for two and a half years, Ukraine is pursuing a plan to end the fighting through negotiations. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that he needs to hold a second foreign peace summit later this year and that Russian officials are expecting it to end. Moscow was not invited to the latest summit, held in Switzerland last month.
Here’s a closer look at the battlefield.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday that its infantrymen had captured Urozhaine, a small village in southeastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military did not comment, however, battlefield maps compiled by analysts from combat footage also showed Russian control of Urozhaine, adding a map from DeepState, an organization with close ties to the Ukrainian military.
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