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Reuters
Reuters
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By Simon Lewis and Max Hunder

Russia hammers Ukraine's Donetsk region after seizing Luhansk

Firefighters spray water onto fire at the market after shelling, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men.

Donetsk and Luhansk comprise the Donbas, the industrialised eastern part of Ukraine that has seen the biggest battle in Europe for generations. Russia says it wants to wrest control of the entire Donbas from Ukraine on behalf of Moscow-backed separatists in two self-proclaimed people's republics.

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