UK says Russia's gains in eastern Ukraine have been 'slow and costly'; Putin blames West for food, energy crisis - CNBC

While Russian forces may have advanced in eastern Ukraine, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said those gains have been "slow and costly" as part of Moscow's "strategy of attrition."

Kyiv said Moscow had reinforced its troops around Sievierodonetsk and attempted to cut off Ukraine's access to the industrial city, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region.… [+1885 chars]

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