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Ukrainian families reunite after Russian retreat
Some embraced in the middle of the road. Others squeezed hands and choked back tears. Still more sobbed outside their homes. All had yearned for this same moment — to be reunited with their loved ones after Russian troops withdrew from their villages in southern Ukraine.
Families were torn apart when Russia invaded in February, as some fled the Russian advance and others hunkered down.
Now, many are seeing one another for the first time in months, after Moscow’s latest retreat in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive that has retaken a pocket of territory wedged between the regional capitals of Kherson and Mykolaiv and the Black Sea.
The most significant withdrawal was from the city of Kherson itself — the only regional capital seized by Moscow’s forces since the invasion — but troops pulled back from nearby villages as well.
#ukraine #russia #war #invasion | Posted on 01/Jan/2023 03:21:50
