The enemy, trying to advance on this front, is suffering significant losses in personnel and equipment."Finnish geopolitical analyst Joni Askola told Newsweek: "This is not a breakthrough, nor is it close to a collapse of the front—at least not yet.

Ahead of a summit in Alaska between Trump and Putin, Russian troops continued their campaign to take full control of Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Either in the direction of increasing pressure on Russia, or that Russia realizes of its own accord that this war cannot go on,” he continued. In addition, European officials pushed Washington to use its economic leverage to enforce any ceasefire with strict consequences for Moscow,