Ukraine says it has retaken southeastern village of Rivnopil
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[June 26, 2023]
(Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have liberated the southeastern
village of Rivnopil from Russian control, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna
Maliar said on Monday.
Rivnopil lies west of a cluster of settlements that Ukraine says it
recaptured from Russian forces earlier this month after launching a
counteroffensive. |
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 47th Magura
Separate Mechanised Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket
system towards Russian troops near a front line, amid Russia's attack on
Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine June 25, 2023. Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS/File Photo |
"(Ukrainian) Defence forces have brought Rivnopil back under our
control. We are moving ahead," Maliar wrote on the Telegram
messaging app.
Maliar said in an earlier statement that Ukrainian forces had
liberated about 130 square km (50 square miles) in the south
since Ukraine since the counterattack began.
Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in
February 2022, still holds swathes of territory in the east and
south.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka; editing by Tom Balmforth and
Timothy Heritage)
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