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Moscow said Thursday that its military captured another village in eastern Ukraine, where in recent weeks Russian troops have reported incremental battlefield advances. Russian forces are rushing to claim as much Ukrainian territory as possible ahead of the arrival of U.S. weapons and equipment to Kyiv’s forces after months of wrangling over the military aid package in Congress. The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces had “fully liberated the settlement of Berdychi.” Over the weekend, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Kyiv had retreated from Berdychi, locate…

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