As Peacemaking Efforts Stall, Russian Forces Continue Frontline Advance in Ukraine

A limited US-backed cease-fire fails to take hold as Russian forces continue to make gains in Donbas and Kursk.

Members of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Military take part in a trench field training exercise in an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine on March 18, 2025. ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images

As hopes fade for the swift implementation of a U.S.-backed truce between Kyiv and Moscow, Russian forces have continued to register gains on the battlefield.

“The Russians are making slow but steady gains across the front, both in Kursk and in Donbas,” Robert Peters, a defense policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based think tank, told The Epoch Times.