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Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill, not far from the frontlines, in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Grueling artillery battles have stepped up in recent weeks in the vicinity of Kupiansk, a strategic town on the eastern edge of Kharkiv province by the banks of the Oskil River as Russian attacks intensifying in a push to capture the entire industrial heartland known as the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and the Luhansk provinces. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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Ukraine's northeastern front could decide new battle lines
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Tue,02/28/23-1:32AM , 176 Reads
KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A tank carrying Ukrainian infantry speeds toward a target position marked with a metal sheet. The soldiers climb down, hurl grenades and unleash a crackle of machine-gun fire. Then they repeat the moves, getting faster with every iteration.
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Anastasiia Okhrimenko, left, and Anna Korostenska visit the cemetery together in Bucha, Ukraine, where their partners are buried, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. As the conflict that killed their loved ones still rages on, Anna, Anastasiia and her brother, Vadym wrestle with a question that all of war-torn Ukraine must grapple with: After loss, what comes next? (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Ukraine war saga unfolds across the lives of 5 friends
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Thu,02/16/23-2:30AM , 144 Reads
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — In the cemetery where Oleksii Zavadskyi and Yurii Stiahliuk are buried, the women they loved take drags on the men’s favorite brands of cigarettes. Clouds of smoke are exhaled in silence.
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In this image from Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in Feb. 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after attempting to attack, Vuhledar, Ukraine. The battle for the small coal-mining town of Vuhledar on Ukraine's eastern front line which has emerged as a critical hot spot in the fight for Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (Ukrainian Armed Forces via AP)

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Hilltop coal-mining town a tactical prize in Ukraine war
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Sat,02/11/23-1:44AM , 165 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a small coal-mining town on Ukraine’s eastern front line, a fight for strategic superiority is being waged in a battlefield steeped with symbolism as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears.
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A Ukrainian serviceman controls a drone during a demonstration close to the border with Belarus, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Reconnaissance drones fly several times a day from Ukrainian positions across the border into Belarus, a close Russian ally, scouring for signs of trouble on the other side. Ukrainian units are monitoring the 1,000-kilometer (650-mile) frontier of marsh and woodland for a possible surprise offensive from the north, a repeat of the unsuccessful Russian thrust towards Kyiv at the start of the war nearly a year ago. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Along Ukraine-Belarus border, a war of nerves — and drones
By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press
Fri,02/03/23-1:24AM , 171 Reads
BELARUS BORDER, Ukraine (AP) — The reconnaissance drones fly several times a day from Ukrainian positions deep inside the thick forest that marches across the border into Belarus, a close Russian ally, scouring sky and land for signs of trouble on the other side.
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