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Security Service detains Russians planning to assassinate Reznikov, Budanov.

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Ukraine's Security Service reported on Aug. 8 that the alleged assassins linked to Russian special services planned to murder Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate. According to the report, the men were promised up to $150,000 in reward for each kill.

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Pokrovsk, a city that held back some of Russia’s fiercest assaults for over a year, is now on the verge of falling. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell explains how the battle reached this point and what Pokrovsk’s fall could mean for the wider defense of Donetsk Oblast.

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