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A Russian top general announced that the country's "special operation" in Ukraine has achieved its initial goals and will shift its focus to liberating the Donbas region. The remarks come as Moscow's forces have stalled after failing to capture the capital Kyiv.
Meanwhile, SpaceX chief Elon Musk has said that its Starlink satellite broadband service has been told by some governments, not Ukraine, to block Russian news sources.
Russia's multi-pronged assault on Ukraine stretched into a seventh day even as Moscow said it was ready for more talks after a fruitless first round.
Delegates have met at the Belarussian border
From the blog of Judith Brown at The Times of Israel