Gerry Doyle, Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa and Adolfo Arranz
How Russia has heavily fortified swathes of Ukraine – a development that could complicate a spring counteroffensive.
When Ukraine's military paused to regroup towards the end of 2022, extensive Russian fortifications designed to slow any Ukrainian advances started to spring up along, behind and sometimes far removed from the front lines.
Satellite images of thousands of new defensive positions reviewed by Reuters show Russia has been digging in at key strategic points in readiness for an offensive by a Ukrainian military rearmed with state-of-the-art Western weapons.
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