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While anticipation is building ahead of Donald Trump’s talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, open source data showed that Russia seized 10km of land in a shock eastern offensive.

A sudden thrust near the mining town of Dobropillia, near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, has taken Ukraine by surprise, Ukraine’s DeepState war map showed.

However, Ukraine denied that Russian forces broke through its frontlines.

“As is known, the Russians use the tactic of infiltration by small groups past the first line of defence, losing a lot of personnel, which happened near Dobropillya,” Ukraine’s armed forces said.

It added that “a small enemy group” bypassed Ukrainian positions and “tried to hide in our rear, but the Defense Forces are repelling such attempts”.

Watch our security and defence analyst Michael Clarke break down the situation here.

Zelenskyy rejects Putin’s ‘proposal’

Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Putin wants the rest of Donetsk – and in effect the entire Donbas – as part of a ceasefire plan.

Kyiv controls around 30%, or 9,000 sq km, of Donetsk, which is located in Ukraine’s east, Zelenskyy said.

It borders Russia and makes up the region known as the Donbas along with the neighbouring Luhansk region, of which Moscow controls 99%.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine would reject the proposal.

He explained that such a move would deprive Kyiv of defensive lines and open the way for Moscow to conduct further offensives.

EU leaders appeal to Trump not to sideline Ukraine

Elsewhere, 26 EU leaders have issued a joint statement warning that Ukraine must have a role in deciding its future, after Trump said Zelenskyy wouldn’t be a part of his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

The EU leaders repeated calls for Zelenskyy to be invited, welcoming Trump’s efforts “towards ending Russia’s war of aggression”, but warning: “The people of Ukraine must have the freedom to decide their future.”

The statement was signed by every EU member state except Hungary, which has an often antagonistic relationship with Ukraine and the European Union, and is Putin’s closest ally in Europe.

On Friday’s summit, the White House announced it will be held in Anchorage – Alaska’s largest city.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the talks will be a “listening exercise” for Trump.

It comes as our US correspondent James Matthews said Trump is lowering expectations ahead of the summit. 

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