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Saturday, 7/4, 01:38 AM
Putin Visits the Front and Vows to Take All of Donbas as Ukraine War Grinds On
- President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited a military command post near the front on Friday and declared that Moscow would seize all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, hardening his aims even as independent analysts say his summer offensive has largely stalled.
- Kyiv rejected any surrender of territory, and battlefield claims from both sides could not be independently verified.