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Added on the 05/01/2023 10:56:14 - Copyright : France 24 EN
A forced pullout from Kherson, the only provincial capital Moscow captured after invading Ukraine in February, would mark one of Russia’s worst war setbacks.
Russian soldiers have arrived in Belarus for joint training exercises, prompting worries that the two allies could launch another attack on Ukraine
US think tank says that while the city is of limited strategic value a win would be a symbolic one: Russia's composition in the prolonged battle for Bakhmut suggests the Kremlin is running out of cannon fodder.
The Belarusian army demonstrates combat training of its Military Academy cadets at a training ground in Zhodino in central Belarus, amid fears of Minsk entering Russia's conflict with Ukraine. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country would only join Russia's offensive in Ukraine if Belarus were attacked first by Kyiv.
Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured a fiercely contested salt mining town of Soledar. There has been no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian authorities of the city's fall.