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Putin’s war in Ukraine nearing possibly more dangerous phase

A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A barricade is placed on a street in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine Thursday, March 24, 2022. The city of Odesa is prepared for a possible Russian offensive. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) FILE - A driver passes through a barricade built by territorial defense units downtown in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) FILE - A Ukrainian soldier inspects a destroyed Russian APC after recent battle in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. The writing made by Ukrainian soldiers reads: 'Not to War'. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) FILE - Serhii Volosovets, a commander in the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, fires a pistol during a training camp for volunteers in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) FILE - Volunteers at a sand beach fill sandbags to defend their city, in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - A Ukrainian soldier looks through binoculars at a military check point, in Lityn, Ukraine, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) FILE - Civilian volunteers attend a training camp of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) FILE - A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin hangs at a target practice range in Lviv, Ukraine, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) FILE - Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin, Ukraine, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) FILE - An elderly man walks outside an apartment block which was destroyed by an artillery strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) FILE - Rescuers work at the site of the National Academy of State Administration building damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko, File)