Russia scores highest Ukraine gains since first year of war

Russia’s battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis has shown, as Kyiv was set to host security advisers from allied states on Saturday despite Moscow’s unrelenting strikes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said around 15 countries would attend the talks, along with representatives from the European Union and NATO, with a U.S. delegation joining the meeting via video link.

The talks — and a subsequent summit of leaders from the so-called coalition of the willing planned for next week in France — are the latest in a flurry of efforts to end the nearly four-year war.