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Russian troops are pressing their offensive across Ukraine, pounding populated areas with artillery and airstrikes and deploying siege tactics honed in Syria and Chechnya — where front line cities were

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow's forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble.

American defense officials offered an assessment of the Russian air campaign, estimating that invading pilots are averaging 200 sorties a day, compared with five to 10 for Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Saturday of kidnapping the mayor of a city, calling it “a new stage of terror.” Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine, hitting new areas in the country’s west. The West ramped up economic pressure on Russia, as the U.S. and its allies downgraded Russian’s trade status —…

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday as they conducted airstrikes in new areas in the countrys west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers”

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking new areas in the country’s west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers” from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight.

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday as they conducted airstrikes...

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking new areas in the country’s west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers” from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight.

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday as they conducted airstrikes in new areas in the countrys west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers”

Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking new areas in the country’s west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers” from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight.