Ukraine war maps show Kyiv's gains in four key locations

Ukrainian forces are still making slight frontline gains as they continue the search for a decisive battlefield breakthrough of Russian positions before the onset of winter weather that will likely force a pause in mechanized operations.

The Institute for the Study of War on Thursday noted recent Ukrainian advances in four key areas of the front line: the salient formed in the Robotyne area in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the nearby village of Verbove, the Vremivka region of Donetskin the east, and on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnieper River—known as the Dnipro River in Ukrainian.