Russia this week claimed to have captured the resource-rich town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, as its forces ground forward in the region nearly three years into the war.
Even as Ukraine launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk, leaving residents shaken, Moscow’s forces have continued to make slow gains in eastern Ukraine. That attritional war appears to be taking a toll on the morale of Ukrainian forces who face manpower struggles in the face of relentless attacks from Russia.
