Vladimir Putin may throw more Russian troops into fierce battles in the Donbas ahead of the key date in the Russian military calendar which marks the Nazis’ surrender in the Second World War
Mr Putin’s generals were also seeking to destroy Ukrainian air defences, with a “high level” of Russian air activity.
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