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Defense Ministry: Russia aims to capture Kharkiv.

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Defense Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzianyk said the Russian forces have concentrated their efforts to attack Ukrainian troops in Donbas and capture Kharkiv, the second-biggest city in Ukraine with a pre-war population of 1.4 million people.

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