Russia stepping up attacks on Ukraine

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Prior to US President-elect Donald Trump taking office, Russia is intensifying its air and ground attacks on Ukraine possibly intending to gain territory before any possible negotiation, Al Arabiya News Correspondent Alex Cadier says.   #Russia #Ukraine

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00:00Are we seeing a ramping up of attacks ahead of Trump coming into office because we've

00:05heard about him saying that he wants to end this tension, this conflict on his first day

00:11back?

00:12Well, certainly it seems that way.

00:14Donald Trump has said he wants to have negotiations.

00:16Now, he said he wants to sort this war out in 24 hours.

00:19That seems a very challenging thing to achieve.

00:23But clearly he wants to enter in some kind of negotiation, some kind of ceasefire discussion

00:27between both sides.

00:29And therefore you see Russia ramping up its attacks, including on civilian infrastructure

00:33like power plants, but also pushing on the eastern front, pushing towards the town of

00:37Pokrovsk and possibly planning an assault on the city of Kherson as well.

00:43Not entirely clear what their plan is there, but you sense that Russia is escalating, is

00:47pushing harder, is striking harder to break Ukrainian morale and try and get some gains

00:53ahead of any possible negotiations.

00:55If they want to freeze the front line, they are now trying to get as much Ukrainian territory

01:00from the country as possible.

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