Ukrainian troops struggle to hold back Russian advance in east
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Ukraine’s military said that Ukrainian fighters were forced to withdraw from central Severodonetsk, a strategic city in the Luhansk region, governate, marking a “partial success" for Russia. Russian forces now control about three-quarters of the city, officials said, a worrying sign as Kyiv struggles to regain the battlefield advantage it enjoyed in the initial months following President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion.
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