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Ukraine’s president said Russian troops intend to capture Zaporizhzhia, a large city in the country’s southeast, which would allow the Russian military to advance closer to the centre of the country. Volodymyr Zelensky told a news conference on Monday that peace talks with Russia stood at “level zero”, and in the meantime “the most threatening situation” has developed in the Zaporizhzhia region, parts of which have already been taken by Russia. “The enemy wants to … occupy the city of Zaporizhzhia,” Zelensky said. In the south of Ukraine, Russia has already seized the large Ukrainian cities of Kherson and Mariupol....
