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Journalist: 18 Russian Il-76 planes take off from Russia's Pskov, fly in direction of Kyiv, could carry paratroopers.

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Christo Grozev, the executive director of the Bellingcat investigative journalism project, cited Ukrainian government sources and said their "only plausible goal would be to capture and subordinate Kyiv (and install a puppet government) today while the world is watching and doing almost nothing."

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Fighting in southern Ukraine remains intense as Russian forces continue attempts to advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, particularly around the town of Huliaipole. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Nick Allard spent time with Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment, one of the units tasked with stabilizing this critical section of the front.

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