Putin grinds towards Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, using secondary forces to defend Russia

But Ukraine says Russia is losing on both fronts, as the Russian advance to Pokrovsk is no longer effective

Ukrainian artillery in action (Courtesy Ukraine Armed Forces)

Russia’s border regions began to form volunteer forces to fight Ukraine’s four week-old counter-invasion in Kursk, as Moscow appeared to resist an overwhelming redeployment of forces from Ukraine to defend its own territory.

Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov said on Friday he would form a volunteer…