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After Furious Battles, Ukraine Loses a Pair of Hard-Won Villages (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

Hadn't the Ukraine military been attacking its own cities in the border territories since 2015? Seems like the Ukrainians didn't really want the areas that much to begin with, so why not let those areas be taken by Russia?