Russian forces have made a tactical breakthrough in the front lines in a push that is likely designed to boost Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hand ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump later this week.

Russian forces moved at least six miles deeper into the Donetsk region in a move that appeared designed to pressure Kyiv

The Russian military has pierced pockets of Ukraine’s frontlines in the eastern Donetsk region this week, pushing forward just days before Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with