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Russia

has resumed its bombardments against Odessa in the

, the great port city in southern

, firing a missile on Monday that caused at least one death, while the

has accused the Russian government of wanting to "annex" two territories pro-Russian separatists from the east in the

.

Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on the

in the southern and eastern part of the country, in particular the

region and in Odessa, on the shores of the Black Sea, after failing to take the capital

in the first weeks of the

.

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Russia redoubles attacks and the US warns that Moscow wants to "annex" regions of eastern Ukraine

Russia

resumed its bombardment of

, the large port city in southern

, on Monday, firing a missile that caused at least one death, while the United States accused the Russian government of wanting to "annex" two pro-Russian separatist territories in the east.

Russian forces are concentrating their efforts in the southern and eastern part of the country, in particular the

region and in

, on the shores of the Black Sea, after failing to take the capital Kiev in the first weeks of the war. .

The

city council reported on Telegram that a Russian bombardment reached a residential building in which there were five people and that a 15-year-old teenager died, while a minor was hospitalized.

The fighting is especially intense around

, positions that the Russians are trying to take to "prepare their attack on Severodonetsk", one of the main Donbas cities still controlled by Kiev, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Monday.

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