Ukraine's Ongoing Advances on Eastern Front Against Russia.
Russia is intensifying its attacks on the eastern front of Ukraine, particularly in the Kreminna forest, where it aims to recapture towns and cities that Ukraine liberated in the fall. The forest is now an epicenter of some of the war's fiercest fighting, with the concentration of the enemy much higher than in any other areas of the front. The terrain itself, a mishmash of thick pine forests, swamps, lakes, and hills, is difficult and hinders the rapid advance of assault units. Mines, drones, and smoke from the near-constant fires that rage from the shelling make the territory even more lethal.