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Russian offensive kills at least 22 in Ukraine, and Ukraine responds with hit on St. Petersburg

Ukrainian drones hit targets outside St. Petersburg on Wednesday after Russia launched one of its largest offensive campaigns in the four-year war against Kyiv and other major cities.

NPR’s Polina Lytvynova joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong for a look at this escalating war from Ukraine’s capital.

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