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Russian missile hits Zaporizhzhia's iconic Khortytsia Island.

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The attack did not damage any infrastructure, and no one was injured, but it caused a fire on the island, according to Zaporizhizha Oblast's administration. Khortytsia, where the Zaporizhian Cossacks established one of their first strongholds, is a major historic landmark and also has a unique flora and fauna.

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Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at about 800,000 — after the war anyway.

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