Ukrainian troops are now defending an active front line that's 1250km long, the army says. Photo: AP PHOTO

Russia's spring and summer offensives have failed to meet their goals, Ukraine's military chief says, adding that Russia is firing twice as much artillery as Ukraine on the battlefield.

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"It can be said that the Russians' spring and summer campaign has effectively been disrupted," Oleksandr Syrskyi told reporters in a review of the battlefield situation.

Russia has been making incremental gains across several parts of the front line after large-scale deployment of reconnaissanc

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