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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Ukraine strikes airfield near Volgograd as Russia presses forward in Donetsk

Ukraine has carried out a night-time drone attack on a Kremlin military airfield near the city of Volgograd and announced the capture of another village in Russia’s Kursk region, as Russian forces pressed on with their advance in the Donetsk region.

Volgograd’s governor, Andrei Bocharov, said the strike took place at about 3am. Local people reported a series of explosions. Several hours later, ammunition continued to detonate as a vast carpet of black smoke engulfed the area.

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