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Journalists in Irpin, near Kyiv, in late March (Photo: Serhii Myhalchuk)

Major tank and air battle looming in east Ukraine

There is a major new battle coming in east Ukraine and Russia's war could drag out for "years", Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has said, dampening optimism over Russia's recent pull-back from Kyiv.

Russian president Vladimir Putin could end the war overnight if he chose to, Stoltenberg told reporters on Thursday (7 April) after speaking to allied foreign ministers in Brussels.

"But we need to be realistic and we have no indication [that] president Putin has changed his o...

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