Hostomel The city that prevented Putin from overthrowing Zelensky
Russia
shifts to defensive mode in the
war in Ukraine
in the south by building fortifications and maintaining military pressure in the east around
Lugansk and Izium,
with increasing signs that it is preparing for a
protracted
war in Ukraine .
"Russia
is preparing for a long military campaign. In the
Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, the Russian occupiers are building fortifications to go on the defensive if necessary,"
Ukrainian
Defense Minister
Oleksiy
Reznikov said.
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Ukraine attacks a Russian military train in the territory occupied by Moscow
Ukrainian fighters have attacked an armored train carrying Russian troops using an explosive device in the occupied southern city of
Melitopol
,
Ukraine
's Territorial Defense Force has announced .
The Reuters agency, which collects this information, has not been able to verify it independently.
The city of
Melitopol
, in the
Zaporizhia
region , is located in a belt of land in southern
Ukraine
that was occupied by Russian forces.
Ukraine
's Territorial Defense
, made up of reservists, has said the device detonated directly under the train carrying soldiers, but has not provided further details.
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