Ukraine said Tuesday that its forces had fended off a Russian effort to cross a key waterway on the eastern frontline, as Moscows army claimed to have taken two more towns in its grinding advance.Almost three years after invading, Russias forces are accelerating their offensive, catching more Ukrainian area in November than in any month since March 2022, according to AFP analysis of data from the US Institute for the Study of War.Kyiv said Russian forces had attempted to cross the Oskil River, which has actually long been a de facto front line throughout the east of the war-scarred country.The waterway winds its method from Russias western border through the northeast of Ukraine, with Moscow and Kyivs forces entrenched on either side of sections of its banks.
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The right bank of the Oskil River is under the control of the Defense Forces, the Ukrainian military said in a statement.Ukrainian military bloggers had more than recent days reported a Russian push over the river near the town of Novomlynsk in the northeastern Kharkiv region.Moscows forces have been advancing in the Kharkiv area, which borders Russia, and are closing in on the civilian center of Kupiansk, which is divided by the Oskil River.Kupiansk had a pre-war population of around 27,000 people and was inhabited by Russian forces simply days after the Kremlin released its invasion, when the towns mayor ceded control.Ukraine recaptured it in September 2022 as part of a lightning offensive that saw them regain large swathes of the Kharkiv region.Russias forces declared separately on Tuesday to have advanced along the eastern and southern fronts.The defense ministry stated its soldiers had actually seized the villages of Novodarivka in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and Romanivka in the eastern Donetsk region.It likewise claimed to have enhanced its tactical position in the northeastern Kharkiv area, consisting of around Kupiansk, though it did not comment on the supposed attempt to cross the river.Russias troops have actually stepped up their bear down the front line, combined with an escalation in aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy facilities.An AFP analysis of ISW data revealed that throughout November, Kremlin forces bore down more than 725 square kilometers (280 square miles) of Ukrainian territory, primarily in the east near the city of Pokrovsk, compared with an advance of 610 square kilometers in October.Separate Russian weapons and drone attacks killed three people in the eastern Donetsk region, consisting of in the under-fire city of Pokrovsk, a crucial Russian target, the local Governor Vadym Filashkin said.