Senior Ukrainian military commander tenders resignation over lethal strike on training facility

KYIV (Reuters) -The commander of Ukraine's land forces, one of the most senior positions in the country's armed forces, announced on Sunday that he was tendering his resignation, citing a lethal strike on Ukrainian military training facility.

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