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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Mansur Mirovalev

Amid truce talks, why is Ukraine focused on attacking western Russia?

Ukraine is stepping up attacks on Russia's western region in order to distract Moscow's forces and create a buffer zone, analysts say. This image shows people gathering after an alleged Ukrainian military strike outside Belgorod on September 2, 2024 [File: Stringer/Reuters]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Small groups of infantrymen backed by armoured vehicles, multiple rocket launchers, drones and fighter jets are trying to seize a village.

They have been attacking it for days despite heavy counterattacks, shelling and drone strikes, spring rains, wet ground and the lack of life-saving foliage on the trees around the village that hides camouflage-clad soldiers.

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