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Russia's losses in Ukraine as of December 11: +1,070 troops and 12 tanks
Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has updated its estimates of Russian army losses, recording a further increase in destroyed equipment and personnel across all front-line directions, according to a post by the Ukrainian General Staff.
Military experts back up the assessments of Ukrainian officials that Ukraine's defences are unlikely to suddenly collapse in the east - citing its frontline fortifications, drones and the piecemeal nature of Russia's assault on Pokrovsk.
President Vladimir Putin has warned again that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it, rejecting any compromise over how to end the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine are expressing doubts that a peace proposal currently being negotiated will prevent Russia from attacking their country again
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Top Ukrainian commander: Troops hold part of Pokrovsk but have withdrawn from some positions
Ukrainian troops have been holding parts of the beleaguered city of Pokrovsk since mid-November, but some units were ordered to withdraw from impractical positions outside the city in the past week, Ukraine's top commander was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow will respond to the potential deployment of European troops in Ukraine, as well as the use of frozen Russian assets to support Kiev.
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