Russia may have scaled back its ambitions, as it struggles with stiff Ukrainian resistance near Kyiv and other major cities.
there will likely be a referendum held in the near future about joining Russia. Ukraine has denounced any potential referendum as having no legal basis.Russia has seized territory in southern and eastern Ukraine since starting its invasion on February 24, but Russian forces have not made much ground in taking other regions, amid stiffer-than-expected pushback from Ukrainian forces.
on Saturday also suggested Ukraine managed to take back villages near Kharkiv and the besieged southeastern port city of Mariupol in a series of counterattacks. American officials have said a war of attrition was not the original plan for the Kremlin, which expected forces to move into Kyiv and topple Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's government within days of the initial invasion. U.S.
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