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WASHINGTON — Ukraine appears on course to achieve several key battlefield objectives it set for itself, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday, as Ukrainian forces made fresh gains along the Dnipro River.
Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, noted successes in the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, as well as efforts under way in the southern region of Kherson.
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“Ukraine seems to be on track to achieve in all three of those objectives right now,” Wallander told the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think-tank. (Reporting by Phil Stewart Editing by Chris Reese)
