High cost of Russian gains in Ukraine may limit new advance

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High cost of Russian gains in Ukraine may limit new advance
By The Associated Press
Jul 5, 09:26 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's report during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 4, 2022. After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Associated Press journalists Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.

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