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strikeAug 15, 2026

Lavrov: Worse is coming for Ukraine's war machine

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Moscow is adopting tougher methods in the conflict in response to Ukrainian terrorist attacks, the foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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    Moscow is adopting tougher methods in the conflict in response to Ukrainian terrorist attacks, the foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Russia will intensify its military campaign in Ukraine and seek to destroy every element used by the West to sustai…

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