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Zelensky Visits Front Lines as Russia Closes in on Ukraine’s Industrial Donbas Region
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English - May 30, 2022 12:29 - 5 minutes - 10 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratingsDaily News News Society & Culture spokenlayer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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POKROVSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops traded blows in fierce close-quarter combat Sunday in an eastern Ukrainian city as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain a strategic foothold to conquer the region. Ukraine's leader also made a rare frontline visit to Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, to assess the strength of the national defense.