Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia is making moves to tighten control over the occupied parts of Ukraine as its military campaign to take more territory in the eastern Donbas region comes to a halt in fierce resistance, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning that the fighting will intensify.
Three months after the war, Russia’s military advance is being kept under control by a Ukrainian army equipped with newly delivered Western weapons amid growing pressure on its economy. As a result, even Russian victories come at a high cost.