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Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

Russian Emergency Situations Ministry workers disassemble a destroyed building in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Serhiy Pomazunovskiy, 46, inspects his shell-damaged metal factory in Cherkaska Lozova, outskirts of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A child attends a mass at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A woman leaves the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A woman holds a banner during a protest against the Russian invasion in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A woman fleeing from shelling boards an evacuation train at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. Volunteers have been racing to evacuate as many civilians as possible, particularly the elderly and those with mobility issues, as Russian forces make advances in the region. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A woman prays at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A Russian serviceman stands guarding an area of the Mariupol Sea Port in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo) Local civilians gather to receive pure water distributed by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022, with the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant is in the background. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows towed artillery in firing position deployed in the north of Lyman, Ukraine, Thursday May 26, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)