Russia captures 4 Ukrainian villages amid intense bombing campaign

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

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Russia's military captured four Ukrainian border villages in the Sumy region of Ukraine on Tuesday. It follows an intense bombing campaign of Ukraine's cities and towns over the weekend by Russian drones. It also comes as Moscow holds a major security conference over the next two days. Also, a US-backed aid group has begun distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. But Hamas has warned Palestinians to stay away from distribution sites, claiming that the aid group is using those sites to gather intelligence for Israel. Many Palestinians have heeded those warnings — meaning food is still not getting to people in the territory who need it. And Turkey's president calls for a new constitution against a backdrop of protests over the jailing of an opposition leader.

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0:00.0	Has this ever happened to you?
0:02.5	You wake up, look at your phone, scroll through the news for a minute or two, and then think, wow, how did we get here?
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0:33.6	Music President Trump's talk of
0:45.7	Russia has not stopped the bombing in Ukraine.
0:50.2	His patience with the ongoing fighting seems to be wearing thin. Now, what he does when he runs out of patience with the ongoing fighting seems to be wearing thin.
0:55.5	Now, what he does when he runs out of patience is the big question right now.
0:59.8	I'm Marco Werman.
1:00.8	And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
1:02.2	Also today, Turkey's president wants to change the Constitution.
1:06.4	It's kind of the political psychology of an actor driven by power in an authoritarian system.
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