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Ukraine counteroffensive: Recaptured village in Donetsk now a new front line

Ukraine is in the first phase of its long-awaited counteroffensive, which aims to reclaim territory occupied by Russian forces since the war began in February 2022. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono and Amar Al Hameedawi report from Blahodatne, a recaptured village in the Donetsk region.

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How significant is the reported recapture of the first Ukrainian villages from Russia?

Resistance appears to have won back four small towns in Donetsk and three in Zaporizhzhia in first skirmishes of counteroffensive

The Independent UK

How significant is the reported recapture of the first Ukrainian villages from Russia?

Resistance appears to have won back Storozheve, Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka in Donetsk

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Mapped: Ukraine claims four villages captured in first gains of counteroffensive

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive operations’ have started

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine says flood evacuees killed by Russian attack – as it happened

Three people killed and 10 wounded after a boat heading to Kherson is shelled; about 100 captured soldiers from each side are returned

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says it recaptured a village; Russia insists it is repelling attacks

Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a village in the southeast of the country amid Russian claims of repelling multiple attacks in the area, the latest indication that a highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive might be underway even as officials in Kyiv stop short of publicly acknowledging it

The Independent UK

Russia claims control of Blahodatne village on outskirts of Bakhmut in big push in east

Russia claims to have captured a Ukrainian village just to the north of Bakhmut, a city it is trying to surround in a major push for what would be its biggest battlefield prize in Ukraine since July.

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Russia claims village near embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

Defence ministry says Blahodatne captured with help of aerial support; no immediate comment by Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia Claims Control of Blahodatne North of Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Russia said on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of Blahodatne, a village just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where some of the heaviest fighting of the war has taken place in recent weeks. Blahodatne, about 5 km (3 miles) north of Bakhmut, was captured with the help…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia claims control of Blahodatne north of Ukraine's Bakhmut

Reuters

Zelensky says Ukraine needs new weapons amid 'very tough' situation

Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a "very tough" situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Russian shelling of residential areas in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson left at least three people dead, local authorities…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: at least three dead after Russian shelling in Kherson – as it happened

Local authorities say Russian forces targeted a hospital, school, bus station, post office, bank and residential buildings

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says it repels attack around Blahodatne, Wagner claims control

Ukraine's military said on Sunday its forces repelled an attack in the area of Blahodatne in the eastern part of the Donetsk region, while Russia's Wagner private military group said it took control of the village.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened: Moscow declares new ‘temporary capital’ for Kherson region after Ukraine retakes city

Russian state news agency says Henichesk declared temporary administrative capital after Kherson city taken by Ukraine

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Village near Kherson rejoices at Russian rout, recalls life under occupation

The Russians left Blahodatne in the same direction from which they came, pulling out of the remote Ukrainian village under cover of darkness to join the rest of their force retreating across the Dnipro River.

Daily Mirror

Emotional victorious Ukrainian troops raise flag as they counter-attack Russians

Footage shows the Ukraine flag being defiantly raised in the recently liberated village of Blahodatne as Vladimir Putin's Russia begin their withdrawal from the area

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