Ukraine said on Wednesday that it had hit a big Russian ammunition depot with drones overnight. The attack came just hours after the Russian military claimed to have captured the town of Ukrainsk as Moscow continues a slow but steady advance in eastern Ukraine. The capture of Ukrainsk brings Russia one step closer to its long-held goal of seizing all of the eastern Donetsk region. This event highlights a main dynamic of the war in recent months: Russian forces are gaining ground in Ukraine, and Kyiv is trying to disrupt that progress by hitting military bases and warehouses that are key to Russia’s operations.
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