Footage, purportedly filmed by a Russian Marine, in which he says he has no idea what his commanders are doing, highlights the situation facing Moscow s forces.
A Kyiv-raised elite assault infantry unit grabbed ground and hit defenders with dozens of casualties in the Russian army’s worst battlefield failure in months.
The number of Russian troops killed in Ukraine over the last month has fallen as tactics change in hotspots like Bakhmut and Moscow’s forces dig in, in anticipation of Kyiv's counteroffensiv.
The town of Vuhledar is just a few miles from a critical rail link. Its capture would enable Moscow to more easily transfer troops between the war’s southern and eastern fronts.