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Russian grip on north-east Ukraine collapses after Kyiv severs supply line, Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant turned off

Moscow has abandoned its main bastion in north-eastern Ukraine in a sudden collapse of one of the war's principal frontlines after surging Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance.

Ukrainian forces pushed up to 50 kilometres past Russian lines this week and recaptured dozens of towns in a dramatic counteroffensive.

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