Ukrainian forces

Training for Ukrainian forces on advanced U.S. Abrams tanks has begun, and while those systems will not be ready

France has promised to deliver many additional light tanks and armoured vehicles to Ukraine.

Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and launched multiple strikes on energy infrastructure.

Even as Moscow’s war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing full control over the country’s industrial heartland

Following months of gruelling and bloody fighting, Ukrainian forces have started withdrawing from Severodonetsk

Ukrainian forces were ordered to withdraw from Severodonetsk, the administrative center of the Ukraine-controlled part of the eastern Lugansk region

Precisely how any of this happened will likely never be known.

20 civilians were evacuated during a cease-fire.

Russia’s troops and the separatist forces appear to have made only minor gains.

An estimated 100,000 people remained trapped in Mariupol.