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Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an "endless caravan of death" inside the devastated city of Mariupol, authorities said Wednesday, while fears of a global food crisis escalated over Ukraine's inability to export millions of tons of grain through its blockaded ports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas region .
The Ukrainian leader said Sunday that he does not "trust" the Russian military to end the conflict at Donbas.
Russia has warned that it could deploy nuclear weapons to the Baltic region if Finland and Sweden join NATO.
Although invading forces may benefit from shorter supply lines and more open terrain, underlying structural features of the Russian army and state may help to negate these.