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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine is still inflicting major losses on Russia, despite Kyiv not managing to regain captured territory. "Of course we would like them to to liberate as much territory as possible, as quickly as possible, but even though the frontline has not moved, the Ukrainians have been able to inflict heavy losses on the Russian invaders," he says. "Of course we would like them to liberate as much territory as possible as quickly as possible as possible, but even though the frontline has not moved, Ukrainians have been able to inflict heavy losses on the Russian invaders," Stoltenberg said. SOUNDBITE
The first snow of the winter blankets the armoured vehicle-tracked roads in east Ukraine's frontline Donetsk region as the conflict with Russia drags on. Winter snow, mud and ice are expected to force a lull in Ukraine's months-long counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Moscow's forces. IMAGES
US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley expresses strong doubt that Ukraine will succeed in driving Russian troops out of its territory this year. At a US-hosted meeting on Ukraine in Germany, Milley tells reporters: "From a military standpoint I still maintain that for this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject the Russian forces from all, every inch of... Russian-occupied Ukraine." SOUNDBITE
The first passenger train arrives in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew from the city on November 11. Arriving with a one hour delay, the train from Kyiv pulled in at ten o’clock as people waved flags from a bridge and relatives waited with flowers on the platform. IMAGES
Images show damaged buildings and on fire after shelling in the city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region in east Ukraine. Donetsk and Lugansk have weathered the worst of the fighting and Moscow's forces have captured most of the cities in the two war-torn regions. IMAGES
The roof of a private home in Bakhmut, east Ukraine, collapses in a fire caused by Russian shelling; firefighters are seen arriving at the scene. IMAGES