
The differences between what Russia and Ukraine say is happening on the ground
State of the World from NPR
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The Battle to Control Hairstone
The city of hairstone is the only regional capital that Moscow has managed to grab and still hold during this entire eight months of war so far. US officials are hopeful Ukrainian forces can push the Russians out of hairstone before years and into the far side of the larger Nipro river. Russia says they are sending 300,000 additional troops but Pentagon officials doubt it will be very effective.
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