Russia gained some 250 square miles in November, but its gains have steadily decreased every month, Western analysts said.

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine ... [email protected] Russian territorial gains in Ukraine have ...

Russia's momentum in capturing Ukrainian territory is slowing ... to say that with Russia using so much energy and resources to not gain that much, that counts as a setback for Russia?

Russia has made fewer territorial gains in Ukraine in 2025. George Barros, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, speaks with NPR about how Ukraine may seek to gain advantage.