Both sides expect a Ukrainian offensive while the Bakhmut fight continues, but the head of the Wagner mercenary group said Russia must be clearer about its goals.
The European Commission is expected to recommend that the country be granted candidate status, the first formal step in a process that normally takes more than a decade.
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