Russia has taken 1,700 square km of Ukraine this year, top general says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow’s top general said while inspecting his forces. Russia has since its 2022 invasion been seeking to take the whole of the Donbas area in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv’s forces have been pushed back towards a line of cities in grinding fighting. – Russia has taken 1,700 square km of Ukraine this year, top general says