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Ukrainian servicemen return from heavy fighting close to Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 15.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed, while Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The Kremlin said Putin had attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region and visited a national guard headquarters in eastern Luhansk on Monday. Putin heard reports from commanders of the airborne forces and the Dnieper army group as well as other senior officers who briefed...
