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Ukraine says Russia trying to move war into 'protracted phase'

FILE PHOTO: An evacuation convoy travels from Russian troop-occupied Kupiansk town, along a damaged road, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine May 30, 2022. Picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Ukraine's defence minister on Friday said he believed the Kremlin was trying to move the war into a "protracted phase" by building layered defences in occupied regions in the south of the country.

"The Kremlin is trying to move the war into a protracted phase," Reznikov told the GLOBSEC 2022 Bratislava Forum by video link.

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