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Russo-Ukraine War - 15 April 2022 - Day 51 According to the Russian defense ministry, they will increase the scale of their missile attacks on Kyiv should there be any attacks on Russian territory. This came after reports of two incidents alongside Russia's border with Ukraine. According to the local governor of Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine and Belarus, Ukrainian helicopters entered Russian air space on Thursday and carried ... Read More

Fighting Intensifies Around Mariupol, but Southern Port Resists Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the country was seeking to break Russia's siege of Mariupol as Russia continued to assault the southern city and threatened to increase its missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. ... Read More

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