President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the city of Bakhmut, whose retention by Ukrainian forces has stymied Moscow’s goal of capturing the entire Donbas.
U.S. officials say the Pentagon will expand military combat training for Ukrainian forces, using the slower winter months to instruct larger units in more complex battle skills.. The regions are are under pressure from a Ukrainian counteroffensive, as well as from Russian attacks on unoccupied cities and towns.
A Ukrainian mayor surrendered his city without a fight, but Russian forces still left Kupiansk tortured and destroyed. With the fighting in the east at a stalemate, Moscow has used missiles and drones to attack Ukraine’s power grid, hoping to leave locals without electricity as freezing winter weather sets in.
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