Russian forces continue to capture multiple settlements in Ukraine, with their strategic objectives gradually expanding.

Russian forces captured the settlement of Novo Nikolaevka yesterday, which is the 12th settlement captured in a row after their shift to attacking Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region.

In the direction of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army has already withdrawn from the key town of Kupiansk, and Russian forces are currently fighting with part of the Ukrainian soldiers who have chosen to hold out in the city center. It is expected that the entire Kupiansk will be occupied soon.

Except for the four Ukrainian regions - Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson - that Putin has publicly declared must be occupied, the three regions of Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkiv have clearly become targets for Russia's annexation.

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