Russia claims to have encircled Ukraine troops in Kharkiv, but no one else can see it (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,658)

Russia claims to have encircled Ukraine troops in Kharkiv, but no one else can see it (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,658)

Russia insists it has trapped Ukrainian forces in a vast pocket near Kharkiv. Yet on the ground, drones, front-line videos and independent maps trace a murkier story of invented victories and very real bloodshed.