Ukraine ends year battered, with Russian troops pushing north, east, a

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The entire year 2024 saw Ukrainian troops on the back foot, losing territory to the advancing Russian troops in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast and eastern Donetsk Oblast.Russia captured Avdiivka — an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast — in February, kickstarting Moscow's offensives all across the region.Taking advantage of a poorly conducted rotation of Ukrainian units, Russian troops launched a push toward Toretsk and Niu-York, towns in the mid-part of Donetsk Oblast that used to enjoy little engagement.Russia continued to gain ground on the eastern part of the region over the summer, gradually approaching Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, and Vuhledar.Vuhledar was captured in October.

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Experts say that Russia could capture Pokrovsk within "months."North of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Russia launched a surprise offensive in May, further stretching Ukrainian troops who had already struggled to hold onto the current lines.The country is now ending the year with an unsolved manpower shortage, a looming defeat in several key battles, and little prospect of changing the situation on the battlefield.Despite being outmanned and outgunned across the front, Ukraine boldly launched a cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast in August. As of December, Ukraine controls less than half of the territory initially gained and is preparing for a looming Russian counteroffensive that will involve North Korean troops.Kursk OblastA damaged statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, in the Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Aug.

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