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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Russia has taken first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk, state media claims

Ukrainians sit with their belongings stacked around them in the garden area of an apartment block
Ukrainians sit with their belongings after a missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro, a city in Dnipropetrovsk, last week. Photograph: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration handout/EPA

Russian forces have captured a village in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk for the first time in their three-year offensive, Russian state media and pro-war bloggers have claimed, marking a potential psychological blow to Ukraine.

There was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian officials or from the Russian defence ministry.

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