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Not a word of what the Russian defence ministry says is credible. Its claims that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka and Kupiansk, in eastern Ukraine, are agitprop.
But Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement from the frontline that his country’s fighters are “under pressure” is also misleading - and something of an understatement.
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Russian troops may have successfully infiltrated the three tactically important towns.
Kupiansk is on Russia’s route towards Kharkiv.
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