War in Ukraine: What's the latest from the front?

Russian forces have been making slow advances towards the Zaporizhzhia region’s village of Hulyaipole, the US-based Institute for Study of War (ISW) says in its latest assessment of the war, external. However, the ISW also notes that the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been “exaggerating” its progress in the region as Moscow seeks to “propagate claims of expansive Russian gains”. Russia has also been claiming advances in the illegally-occupied Donetsk region – claims Ukraine has rejected,