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Children play in a park next to a life-size replica of a Soviet-era Sukhoi Su-15 fighter jet on October 19, 2022 in Shostakivka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Russia's president Vladimir Putin today imposed martial law on the four Ukrainian regions occupied by Russian forces as large numbers of civilians were being moved out of the Kherson area ahead of a Ukrainian offensive. Carl Court/Getty Images
Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces this week centered largely around the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, where both sides claim to have registered significant gains.
On Oct. 20, the Ukrainian military—usually tight-lipped about ongoing operations—said dozens of Russian troops had been killed and several Russian tanks destroyed in its latest attempt to breach Russian defenses in Kherson.
