Russia claims battlefield gains as Putin vows more strikes
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces captured 270 sq km of Ukraine’s Donetsk region in August.
- Putin also claims a large group of Ukrainian troops has been surrounded, though the claim could not be independently verified.
- He says Russian forces are advancing towards the key cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in Donetsk.
- Putin says Russia is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and insists Moscow is winning on the battlefield.
Source: ndtv.com
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