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Putin pulls back troops from Ukraine to defend Kursk invasion

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London | Russia has pulled troops back from Ukraine to help defend the escalating invasion of its own land, according to Ukrainian officials.

On Monday, Vladimir Putin ordered his military to “drive out” the Ukrainian forces that have seized a swath of the southern border regions of Kursk and Belgorod.

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