Ukraine reports new retaken village in southern counterattack


A Ukrainian serviceman is seen in a shelter, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday its forces had recaptured Piatykhatky, a village on the road to one of the most heavily defended areas of the Russian-occupied south, and that they had retaken 113 square km (44 square miles) of land in the last two weeks.

Ukrainian soldiers held up yellow-and-blue national flags in a video circulated on social media, in which they said they were inside Piatykhatky, the eighth southeastern village that Kyiv says it has liberated.

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