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Ed Ram and Isobel Koshiw in Dnipro

Russian forces capture first city in battle for Donbas

Two people embrace as evacuees board a bus leaving Kreminna on Saturday
Two people embrace as evacuees board a bus leaving Kreminna on Saturday. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

Russian forces have seized the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region and Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the city, the regional governor has said.

Kreminna, a city of more than 18,000 people about 350 miles (560km) south-east of the capital, Kyiv, appears to be the first city captured in a Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine.

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