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Feb 7 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING Russia advancing 'with success' near Ukraine's Bakhmut, Vugledar: Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu
#UPDATE Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that Moscow's forces were "progressing with success" near the eastern Ukrainian towns of Bakhmut and Vugledar, cautioning against Western arms supplies to Kyiv.

📸 Smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut
Map showing the situation in Ukraine, as of February 7 at 0800 GMT
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#UPDATE Moscow said Tuesday that Russian forces were advancing towards Bakhmut and Vugledar, two key centres of fighting in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, now the flashpoint of Russia's intervention.
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