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Kremlin says military campaign in Ukraine to continue at least until capture of all of Donetsk region

Kremlin Ukraine Donetsk Russia
FILE PHOTO: A firefighter comforts a woman next to the destroyed bus in which her teenage child was killed by shelling near a local market during Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

The Kremlin said on Wednesday its "special military operation" in Ukraine must continue at least until the capture of all of east Ukraine's Donetsk region.

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) - a breakaway Russian-backed entity that has been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014 - controls only part of the wider territory which it claims.

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