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The Fight for a Crucial City in Ukraine

The Fight for a Crucial City in Ukraine

Update: 2024-12-20
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Ukrainian soldiers are struggling to stabilize defensive lines near the city of Pokrovsk, in the country's east, against Russia's much larger advancing army. We go to the front lines of Pokrovsk, to see how the fight is playing out.

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