ADVERTISEMENTHowever, the spokesperson for Ukraine's Joint Forces grouping, Viktor Trehubov, said there were no changes to report in that region. Russian claims of battlefield progress have in the past shown discrepancies. Russia illegally annexed four eastern regions of Ukraine - Luhansk as well as Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - in September 2022, but it never fully controlled them. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last October that Ukrainian forces still held 0.13 per cent of Luhansk. A Russian drone strike killed four people in Ukraine's central Cherkasy region Wednesday, regional governor Ihor Taburets said.

Source: The Telegraph April 01, 2026 15:20 UTC