Russia advances in Ukraine at fastest monthly pace since start of war: analysts
On the battlefield, Ukraine’s fatigued troops are struggling to halt advances by Russian forces in the east of the country
Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion, taking an area half the size of London over the past month, analysts and war bloggers say.
The war is entering what some Russian and Western officials say could be its most dangerous phase after Moscow’s forces made some of their biggest territorial gains and the United States allowed Kyiv to strike back with US missiles.
“Russia has set new weekly and monthly records for the size of the occupied territory in Ukraine,” independent Russian newsgroup Agentstvo said in a report.
The Russian army captured almost 235 sq km (91 sq miles) in Ukraine over the past seven days, a weekly record for 2024, it said.
Russian forces had taken 600 sq km (232 sq miles) in November, it added, citing data from DeepState, a group with close links to the Ukrainian army that studies combat footage and provides front line maps.
