memeorandum: Ukraine claims it has retaken key town outside Kyiv, as defenses hold against fierce Russian onslaught (Washington Post)

5:02 AM ET, March 23, 2022

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Washington Post:

Ukraine claims it has retaken key town outside Kyiv, as defenses hold against fierce Russian onslaught — MUKACHEVO, UKRAINE — Ukrainian forces claimed Tuesday to have retaken control of a strategically important town outside of Kyiv, a nascent sign they could be beating back Russia's brutal …

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New York Times:

Aleksei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud by Russian Court — A Russian court sentenced Aleksei A. Navalny to nine years in a high-security prison on Tuesday, imposing a new punishment on the imprisoned opposition leader at a time when the war in Ukraine has made him even more of a liability for President Vladimir V. Putin.

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