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That john kirby chooses his words carefully and that is a pretty major indication this afternoon that vladimir putin s military ambitions in ukraine could be far more expansive than what some western intelligence services estimated. following that pullback from kyiv. one of russia s senior generals said this today, that not only is the donbas region a focus but so, too, is a huge swath of land across southern ukraine. it s unclear whether this new directive is the official kremlin policy at this point, but following through would mean the creation of a land bridge from russia to crimea that would shut off ukraine to many of its vital ports. that s why mariupol is so essential to putin. it sits right in the heart of that region they re trying to take. today, despite declaring victory there, russian forces are still bombing the heck out of that colossal steel mill where ukrainian fighters and some 1,000 civilians are making their last stand. mariupol s mayor says 20,000 civilians have di ....

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