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Russian troops said to join forces with pro-Moscow rebels in key Ukraine region
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Men hold weapons during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, February 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Russian troops and pro-Moscow rebels have linked up in a key region along the Azov Sea coast in eastern Ukraine, a Russian defense ministry spokesman says, on the sixth day of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov says in a statement that rebels have “joined the military units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which took control of the regions of Ukraine along the coast of the Sea of Azov.”
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