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Ukraine sends reinforcements into city besieged by Moscow

Ukraine has sent reinforcements into Sievierodonetsk, the eastern city which Moscow says it has surrounded, and troops holding out in a rubble-strewn corner of the industrial area say Russian artillery fire is all in a day's work.

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The Ukrainian troops in Sievierodonetsk fired from a tank's main gun and smoked cigarettes as they hid in a basement from explosions outside that spread dust within. An abandoned dachshund nicknamed "Bullet" by the soldiers scampered through the rubble. It was a regular day, one soldier said: "For us, this like digging up potatoes." The troops said they rarely see Russian soldiers up close and go long stretches without exchanging small arms fire, reflecting the dominance of artillery in the conflict. They often spend several weeks at a time in the city under near-constant Russian attack.