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Frontline reporting says Ukraine’s spring counteroffensive has made limited and often unverifiable gains while Russian troops have consolidated advances from Sumy to Zaporizhzhia and pushed toward Slaviansk and Kramatorsk.

Russian forces expanded a buffer zone in Sumy region, capturing Grabovskoye, Pokrovka and areas near Miropolye.
In the Seversk direction Russian troops advanced up to 12 kilometers along a 25 kilometer front and continued operations along the M-03 highway.
Fighting in Konstantinovka saw Russian units take the southern part of the city and contest industrial sites and the train station.
Center Group forces widened control around Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, seizing settlements including Sofievka, Shakhovo, Novy Donbass and Grishino.
Ukrainian counterattacks near Orekhov and Zaporizhzhia produced widely reported but largely unverified claims of gains while Russian forces breached a new Ukrainian defense line and captured Novoyakovlevka.
Operationally the AFU briefly disrupted Russian preparations but lacked sustained infantry and FPV drone capacity to hold territory, and by early March the counterattacks had largely stopped, leaving Slaviansk-Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia as likely focal points for the upcoming campaign.

Ukraine spring push stalls as Russian forces consolidate gains

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