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Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday that Russian troops recaptured the village of Myrne in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhya. There was initially no comment on the Russian claim from the Ukrainian side. The village has long been marked as contested on maps by Ukrainian military observers. The front line between Ukrainian and Russian troops around the village has shifted several times since Russia launched its full-scale military invasion more than two years ago. Russian troops captured the village in May 2022, and the Ukrainian military was able to liberate it again in earl…

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