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Lysychansk

• Ukraine
• Russia claimed to have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and the entire frontline Luhansk region.
• The gains claimed by Russia would mark a decisive breakthrough for Moscow’s forces seeking control of eastern Ukraine.
• Lysychansk had been the last major city in the Luhansk area of the Donbas still in Ukrainian hands and its capture would signal a deeper push into the eastern region

Sloviansk

• The heaviest Russian shelling was reported in the region

Belgorod

• Russia accused Ukraine of firing three cluster missiles at the city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border.
• Belgorod, city and administrative centre of Belgorod oblast (region), western Russia.
• Located near the Russia-Ukraine border, Belgorod lies along the upper Donets River where it is crossed by the Moscow-Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Sumy–Donets Basin railways.

Source: The Hindu

Previous Year Questions

Q.1) Consider the following pairs: (2022)

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1. Anatolia – Turkey
2. Amhara – Ethiopia
3. Cabo Delgado – Spain
4. Catalonia – Italy

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. Only one pair
2. Only two pairs
3. Only three pairs
4. All four pairs

Q.2) Consider the following pairs: (2018)

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1. Catalonia – Spain
2. Crimea – Hungary
3. Mindanao – Philippines
4. Oromia – Nigeria

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 3 and 4 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 2 and 4 only