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Russian tanks take back seat as 20-km drone ‘kill zone’ limits assaults – military spox

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Ukrinform [en] · Eastern Europe

Russian forces are unable to use heavy equipment for assaults on the front line because of a kill zone extending more than 20 kilometers.

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