‘New realities on the ground’: Russia claims advance in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk amid stalled peace talks

‘New realities on the ground’: Russia claims advance in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk amid stalled peace talks

Russia said on Sunday its forces had advanced to the edge of the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk amid a public row between Moscow and Kyiv over peace negotiations and the return of thousands of bodies of soldiers who fell in the war.

A soldier from the Ukrainian 33rd Separate Mechanised Brigade trains to hold a position during an extraction exercise at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine on June 6, 2025. Image- AP