Ukraine, North Korea and Russia

Donetsk is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed when the invasion first escalated in 2022, making it one of the key battlegrounds for the war.
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The general who has been been overseeing fighting in eastern Ukraine has been fired as Russia makes its fastest advances ...
Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.
It's part of a push by the Biden administration to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office Jan. 20.