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Ukraine claims recapture of seven villages

Ukrainian troops have retaken seven villages spanning 90 square kilometers (35 square miles) from Russian forces in the past week, the deputy defense minister said Monday as the early stages of Kyiv’s counteroffensive notched small successes.

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VIDEO BY AP
Ukrainian military officials said Monday their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces, among the first — small — successes in stepped-up counteroffensive operations against Moscow's more than 15-month invasion of Ukraine.
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Vitalii Shpalin, 60, sits on a bed in a hospital in Kherson region, Ukraine, Monday, June 12, after he was shot on Sunday while fleeing on a boat from a flooded village on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Ukraine.
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RUSSIA DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP

In this image made from undated video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, June 11, artists of the Ural Brass Band and the Front Brigade of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Central Military District perform during a concert at the advanced area of the special operation at an undisclosed location.
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Emergency teams help rush to safety an evacuee who had came under fire from Russian forces while trying to flee by boat from the Russian-occupied east bank of a flooded Dnieper River to Ukrainian-held Kherson, on the western bank in Kherson, Ukraine, on Sunday, June 11.
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Emergency teams help rush to safety injured civilian evacuees who had came under fire from Russian forces while trying to flee by boat from the Russian-occupied east bank of a flooded Dnieper River to Ukrainian-held Kherson, on the western bank in Kherson, Ukraine on Sunday, June 11.
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Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.
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Houses and stadium are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.

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