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A senior army general in Ukraine told Reuters that winter conditions - the cold, reduced visibility and lack of cover from trees that have no foliage - were a challenge for both Ukraine and Russia. Neither has made significant territorial gains this year and the fighting is largely attritional.
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A worker installs razor wire as part of defense structures near a front line in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A cat sits on the shoulder of Ukrainian serviceman Mykyta of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade at a rest house near the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Ukrainian servicemen of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade sing during a Christmas Day service near the front line in Donetsk region as Ukrainians celebrate their first Christmas according to a Western calendar, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wears a ghillie suit during training near the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Ukrainian service members fire an L119 howitzer toward Russian troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian service members rest inside a dugout at a position near the frontline town of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Angel figurines are seen on a window of a local grocery store broken by shrapnel while a Ukrainian Army truck drives by in a village near a front line in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian service members of the 4th Ivan Vyhovskyi Separate Tank Brigade prepare to fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near the frontline town of Kupiansk, on Christmas Eve in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 24. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian service members of the 4th Ivan Vyhovskyi Separate Tank Brigade fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near the frontline town of Kupiansk on Christmas Eve in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 24. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian service members of the 4th Ivan Vyhovskyi Separate Tank Brigade attend a Christmas Eve service near the front line outside Kupiansk as Ukrainians celebrate their first Christmas according to a Western calendar in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 24. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A Ukrainian soldier of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade holds a candle during a Christmas Eve service near the front line outside Kupiansk, Ukraine, December 24. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Servicemen attend a Mass in an Orthodox church near the front lines in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 17. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Military Chaplain Oleksandr leads a Christmas Day service for soldiers of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade near the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade attends a Christmas Day service near the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Soldiers of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade attend a Christmas Day service near the front line in Donetsk region, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Men pile up wood for homes left without heating outside a courthouse that was destroyed by an airstrike in the frontline town of Lyman, December 14. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Volodymyr Tkachenko, 78, fires up a wood stove in the kitchen of his apartment, which lacks central heating, water and gas, in the frontline town of Lyman, December 15. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A Ukrainian Army sniper shows his rifle at a temporary base near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 23. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A Ukrainian Army sniper carries his rifle at a temporary base near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 23. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A Ukrainian Army sniper prepares his rifle at a shooting ground near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 23. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian service members fire a L119 howitzer toward Russian troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Ukrainian servicemen hold a howitzer shell at a position near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A Ukrainian serviceman launches a kamikaze FPV drone at a front line near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 12. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia
Military Chaplains Yevhen and Oleksandr pray with soldiers of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade during a Christmas Day service near the front line in Donetsk region as Ukrainians celebrate their first Christmas according to a Western calendar, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Ukrainian service members unload howitzer shells from a truck at a position near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Service members of Ukrainian Joint Assault Brigade Fury stand next to an S60 cannon near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 21. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
A man cycles along a road as snow falls near the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25. REUTERS/Thomas Peter