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Ukraine's government has suggested Kyiv could expand its own war aims with an intensifying counteroffensive against Russia's forces, and said it would suspend the flow of Russian gas through its country to Europe.

In what way might they expand? Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, seemed to indicate that the country could go beyond merely pushing Russia back to areas it or its allies held on the day of the 24 February invasion and mean the liberation of the rest of our territories".

What else is happening? Here's what we know on day 77 of the invasion.

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