Artillery impact craters in fields southwest of Pavlivka, Ukraine on Feb. 12, 2022.
Artillery impact craters in fields southwest of Pavlivka, Ukraine on Feb. 12, 2022.
  • Russia continues to face failure and losses in the Donetsk region near the town of Vuhledar.
  • Satellite images show what three months of fighting in the region have done to the land.
  • Ukraine continues to push back against Russia's assaults in the east. 

The Kremlin is floundering in east Ukraine where successive Russian assaults near the town of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region continue to fall short more than three months into the offensive.

Videos and photos from the area in recent weeks depict carnage and chaos near the mining town of Vuhledar, even as Russian officials continue to claim that all is going according to plan nearly a year into the unprovoked war.