In Ukraine, 1 front-line soldier’s lament: ‘The job has to be done’

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Russian troops in eastern Ukraine are capturing more territory, after launching what one Ukrainian commander calls “one of the war’s most powerful” offensives yet. Host Carolyn Beeler checks in with Andrii Shadrin, a 28-year-old sergeant in Ukraine’s military, serving in the Donetsk region.

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