Ukraine Gains Ground as Russia Faces Heavy Losses

New maps and reports show Ukraine is winning back land while Russia struggles with record-high casualties.

The war in Ukraine has reached a new turning point. For the second month in a row, Ukraine is winning back land from Russian forces. Experts say Russia is currently dealing with some of its heaviest losses since the war began over four years ago. Reports suggest that as Russia struggles to make progress on the front lines, they have started hitting Ukraine with even harder attacks from a distance. In a notable development, there is word of a humanitarian ceasefire—a temporary pause in fighting to help civilians—near the Dnipro River. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War believe t…