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July 21, 2022

Russia's Lavrov Says Kremlin Seeks to Control More Ukrainian Territory
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Russia's foreign minister says the Kremlin is seeking to seize more land
in Ukraine than just the eastern Donbas region. On Wednesday, Sergey
Lavrov told a Russian state news agency that peace talks with Ukraine
had failed and that Russia now seeks to control a large swath of
southern Ukraine. This comes as the Biden administration is warning
Russia is preparing to formally annex parts of occupied eastern and
southern Ukraine this fall, when it will force residents to move their
assets to Russian banks and to apply for Russian citizenship.


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