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A British analyst quoted by Politika says Russian forces are close to a breakthrough in the Donbas as Moscow increases pressure on two fronts and Kyiv's room for manoeuvre narrows. TASS reports that Russia's acting permanent representative to the UN, Anna Yevstigneyeva, told the Security Council that the army is steadily expanding the area under its control, referred to the capture of Konstantinovka and said Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant risk a major man-made disaster, claims that are contested.