Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

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Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will hold his annual news conference in Moscow shortly. Meanwhile, the Kremlin is bracing itself for the return of Donald Trump as US president next week.

For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. Ukraine Has Launched A New Offensive Into Russia. Why And Why Now? Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia’s region of Kursk.