Stuck on the front line, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine -. The Economist. Dimir Putin seems to be having a great time. His friends in Washington offered Russia a diesel export deal, froze new sanctions and limited Ukraine's access to Starlink. Steve Witkoff called the Russian leader a "humanist". But our data points to the opposite. Ukraine is now moving along the front line, although progress is minor. With his troops unable to hold the front line, let alone advance, Putin—that "humanist"—increases the bombing of Ukrainian cities and the infrastructure on which civilians depend. During the last three months, our surveillance recorded more combat operations than in any other comparable period of the war. During this period, Ukraine achieved a net increase in area of ​​73 square meters. km, leveling half of the territories occupied by Russia this year. At the same time, Russia - in the month before October 23 - carried out 290 attacks on civilian infrastructure, as a result of which at least 62 Ukrainian citizens were killed. These include railroads, which provide vital connections across the country for civilians and military supplies. According to Ukrainian authorities, more than 500 trains have been attacked since the start of the war, including 300 this year. On October 29, a Russian drone hit a railway platform in the Dnieper, killing at least 15 people. Attacks on the country's energy infrastructure, including at least 46 this month alone, have even more devastating consequences. Ukraine has stepped up its long-range attacks, angering the Trump administration. Most of the attacks targeted military installations, although factories, data centers, ports, fuel depots and refineries were also hit.

Stuck on the front line, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine -. The Economist. Dimir Putin seems to be having a great time. His friends in Washington offered Russia a diesel export deal, froze new sanctions and limited Ukraine's access to Starlink. Steve Witkoff called the Russian leader a "humanist". But our data points to the opposite. Ukraine is now moving along the front line, although progress is minor. With his troops unable to hold the front line, let alone advance, Putin—that "humanist"—increases the bombing of Ukrainian cities and the infrastructure on which civilians depend. During the last three months, our surveillance recorded more combat operations than in any other comparable period of the war. During this period, Ukraine achieved a net increase in area of ​​73 square meters. km, leveling half of the territories occupied by Russia this year. At the same time, Russia - in the month before October 23 - carried out 290 attacks on civilian infrastructure, as a result of which at least 62 Ukrainian citizens were killed. These include railroads, which provide vital connections across the country for civilians and military supplies. According to Ukrainian authorities, more than 500 trains have been attacked since the start of the war, including 300 this year. On October 29, a Russian drone hit a railway platform in the Dnieper, killing at least 15 people. Attacks on the country's energy infrastructure, including at least 46 this month alone, have even more devastating consequences. Ukraine has stepped up its long-range attacks, angering the Trump administration. Most of the attacks targeted military installations, although factories, data centers, ports, fuel depots and refineries were also hit.