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Russia Fires Missile Barrage at Ukrainian Cities and Military Targets

Russia Fires Missile Barrage at Ukrainian Cities and Military Targets

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The strikes seemed aimed at hampering Ukraine's war fighting capacity as the conflict shifts to eastern Donbas region, and at responding to the sinking of a Russian warship.

Putin's Ukraine Gamble Pivots to a Very Different Battlefield

Putin's Ukraine Gamble Pivots to a Very Different Battlefield

By Andrew E. Kramer, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Michael Schwirtz

After Russian forces were mauled in cities and towns in northern Ukraine, Vladimir V. Putin is shifting the focus of his invasion to the flatlands of Donbas, in the east.

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