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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Ukraine plans ‘million-strong’ army to retake south from Russia

Presidential press service/EPA

Ukraine is planning to arm a million-strong force with western-supplied weapons as it seeks to retake southern territories seized by Russia, Kyiv’s defence minister has claimed.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukraine’s military to retake coastal areas vital to the country’s economy, Oleksii Reznikov said, as Kyiv’s forces continued to engage in fierce fighting over control of the eastern Donbas region.

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