INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
acknowledgment by the Russian military of attacks on Russian facilities, including a railroad and an oil depot, since President Vladimir
Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine on Feb
its withdrawal of ground troops from areas surrounding Kyiv, leaving behind evidence of atrocities, to refocus efforts on capturing
preparation for major battles
Satellite imagery and eyewitnesses have reported Russian forces massing outside Kharkiv, as well as the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk