Russian forces step up attacks in battle for control of Eastern Ukraine - CBC News

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland Tuesday, assaulting cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of kilometres long in what both sides described as a new phase of the war.

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