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Three Russian missiles hit Odesa Oblast.

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A Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber carried the Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles that destroyed five buildings in the region on May 9, the Ukrainian military's Southern Operational Command said. Two people were injured as a result of the attack. Rescuers managed to pull a dog out of the rubble.

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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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