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Ukraine takes Zaporizhia village amid fierce front-line battles

 Published: 12:47, 19 June 2023

Ukraine takes Zaporizhia village amid fierce front-line battles

Ukrainian troops have recaptured Piatykhatky, a village in the west of the Zaporizhia region, Kyiv’s second gain on that front since it launched its counteroffensive earlier this month.

A Russian-installed official in the partly-occupied Zaporizhia region, Vladimir Rogov, said Ukraine had taken “operational control” of the settlement and that Russian troops were trying to counterattack with shelling.

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