UK says Russia plans to take whole of Ukraine but is failing


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  • Friday, 25 Feb 2022

FILE PHOTO: British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace gives an update on Ukraine developments at the House of Commons in London, Britain, February 21, 2022. UK Parliament/Roger Harris/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia intends to take the whole of Ukraine but the Russian army failed to deliver it main objectives on the first day of President Vladimir Putin's invasion, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday.

Russia launched its invasion by land, air and sea on Thursday following a declaration of war by Putin, in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two.

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