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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia was "trying to freeze the conflict" to "regroup and launch a bigger offensive later on."

Russia has recently made marginal gains around Bakhmut, which it has been trying to capture for months without success.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its latest estimate that Russia had lost 88,880 personnel since the start of the war on February 24.

The governor of Russias Belgorod region shared pictures of an earthen fortification line that is being constructed along the Russia-Ukraine border in the area.

Ukrainian forces have been closing in on the Russian-occupied city, leading to anticipation that Russia could soon be driven out.

Catholic University professor Michael Kimmage said that Putins potential actions could "fall between acts of war and terrorism."

Dan Soller, a former Army intelligence colonel, said the best that Putins army can hope to do is "defend, delay, attrit" and create difficulties for Ukraine.

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Satellite photos show accelerated mining efforts but the meaning of the activity is still unclear.