"Putin's Party" Sweeps Elections, Ukraine Claims Gains In Donetsk, Russia Readies Bases Near Finland

Ukraine’s General Staff claims Kyiv’s forces made gains in Klishchiivka and Robotyne villages in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. President Zelensky has said that Ukrainian forces have advanced on the Tavriia and Bakhmut fronts over the past week. Russia’s Elections Commission said that the pro-Kremlin United Russia party had won local elections in four newly annexed regions of Ukraine. Russia is stocking up its military bases on the Finnish border, according to satellite images posted by Finnish publication Yle.

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