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Russia has claimed that it was pushing into Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in its 3-year war. The defence ministry said forces from a tank unit had “reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic and are continuing to develop an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region.” The significant territorial escalation in Ukraine is both a symbolic and strategic blow to Kyiv’s forces after months of setbacks on the battlefield. Watch for more details.
