Ukrainian soldiers captured two Russians in the Pokrovsk direction. Both occupiers are residents of the Tomsk region, the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine reports. In particular, soldiers from the Spartan Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine captured two Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction.

The front line inside Ukraine has become more static, Ukrainian soldiers say, even as Russia regains ground in its own Kursk region.

But a year after beginning the long march toward Pokrovsk from the ruins of Avdiivka, 25 miles to the east, the Russians no longer have the initiative on this axis. They’ve lost