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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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