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Alex Gatopoulos

Analysis: Russia caught out by Ukraine’s double offensive

Ukrainian forces pose for a picture in the recently liberated town of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region [Press Service of the State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian forces have retaken more than 2,500 square kilometres (965 square miles) of territory in the northeast of the country in just three days, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a think-tank.

Dozens of settlements have been recaptured from Russian troops, who have begun a headlong retreat to the relative safety of Luhansk province.

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