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Russia claims it has taken Pokrovsk; the White House defends Venezuela strike, and more
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Russia claimed to have fully captured the town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Also, the White House confirmed that Pete Hegseth, America’s war secretary, authorised a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel from Venezuela in September.
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