Around 9,000 children will be evacuated from the Russian region of Belgorod, the local governor said, as Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine carry out cross-border raids in the region.]]>
French units would be ‘priority’ targets if deployed to Ukraine, says Putin’s spy chief
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Comes as Moscow launched what Kyiv has called the biggest attack of the war on Ukraine’s power grid amid fears of an escalation of the war
Russian troops fighting for Ukraine have captured their second village in two days, the soldiers reported.]]>
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The Ukraine "special military operation" is a "de facto" war, Russia admitted for the first time, while blaming the West for the escalation.
Ukrainians are fleeing villages close to Russia amid a rise in cross-border attacks.