Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) eliminated a Russian platoon and weapons storage facilities along the frontlines in Donetsk.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its fourth year this week. As of this writing, some of the most intense battles are taking place in the country’s eastern Donetsk region, where fighting has been ongoing since 2014.

KYIV - Russian infantry are storming the Ukrainian border from the Russian region of Kursk, near areas of the region that are controlled by Ukrainian forces, Kyiv said on Feb 28. Ukraine said that for the moment the offensive has been contained.

Ukraine has inflicted a major blow on the Russian army's year-long attempt to seize a strategically vital city in the Donetsk region.

Ukraine's top commander said on Thursday he had visited brigades defending the Novopavlivka front in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia has stepped up its assaults.

The two men barely pay attention. They’ve heard it all before, and know they can’t change much. Benor is a veteran of the Second Chechen War. Vakha, who once served in the Georgian army, fought in 1993 against Russian-backed Abkhazian separatists.

The agreement could be signed as early as Friday and plans are being drawn up for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to travel to Washington to meet Trump, according to one of the Ukrainian officials.

Russian forces are using donkeys, camels and horses to transport supplies and deploy troops in Ukraine amid equipment shortages.