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Russia moves in on cities in eastern Ukraine

Russia continues to pound the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Moscow has made taking the industrial heartland its main objective after failing to capture the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Moscow says it will continue the offensive until it achieves its goals.

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