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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent

Zelenskiy: Ukraine’s troops now in full control of Russian town of Sudzha

Ukrainian service personnel ride atop a tank after returning from Russia near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy region, Ukraine.
Ukrainian service personnel ride atop a tank after returning from Russia near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy region, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Ukraine’s president has claimed Kyiv’s troops have full control over the Russian town of Sudzha, which had a prewar population of 5,000 people and contains infrastructure pumping Russian gas towards Europe.

Sudzha, roughly six miles (9.6km) inside Russian territory, is the biggest of 80 settlements that Ukraine claims to have taken during the 10 days since its surprise incursion into Russia began.

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