Russia is back on the offensive on parts of the front: the small town of Marjinka, which has been fought over since the start of the war, is now said to have fallen to Putin's army. Meanwhile, a warship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was damaged by an attack in the port of Feodosiya in Crimea.
CASSIS Fellow Dr. Frank Umbach assesses the military situation in Ukraine in an interview with Welt.de.