In his nightly video address to the nation Friday, Zelenskyy appeared to be responding to Col. Gen Sergei Rudskoi, deputy chief of the Russian general staff, who said Russian forces would now focus on “the main goal, the liberation of Donbas.”
Live updates: New phase of Ukraine war? Russia shifts focus
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Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate, said in a Friday speech that the fighting so far "makes it possible to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of Donbas."
Bruised Russia may be slashing war ambitions
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