There have been no major breakthroughs on front lines since Russian forces seized the last two Ukrainian-held cities in eastern Luhansk province in late June and early July.
The Ukrainian armed forces’ general staff said Russia had shelled several dozen positions on front lines on Friday but had no success capturing territory.
Kyiv hopes that its gradually increasing supply of Western arms, such as US High Mobility Artillery Rocket System , will allow it to recapture lost territory. The February 24 invasion of Ukraine has caused Europe’s biggest conflict since 1945, forcing millions to flee and turning entire cities to rubble.
A blockade of Ukrainian ports by Russia’s Black Sea fleet, trapping tens of millions of tonnes of grain and stranding many ships, has worsened global supply chain bottlenecks and, along with Western sanctions, stoked food and energy price inflation. Addressing Western concerns that reopening shipping lanes could leave Ukraine open to attack, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow would not seek to take advantage of the de-mining of Ukraine’s ports.
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