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Ukraine troops have made significant gains in recent days, leaving Russia without full control of any of the four regions it annexed only days ago.
Ukraine’s counter-offence escalated dramatically, bursting through Russian lines in the country’s south on Monday and advancing along the Dnipro River.
The breakthrough mirrors similar gains in the country’s east, even as Russia moved to up the stakes by annexing four provinces and raising the spectre of nuclear war.
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Today on Please Explain, Bianca Hall is joined by Nine Europe correspondent Carrie-Anne Greenbank, who is in Ukraine. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |