Ukrainian troops have made sweeping gains, raising their flag again in multiple towns and villages in the northeast of the country that were, until recently, occupied by Russia's invading forces.
Ukraine's blue and yellow flag once again flies high in liberated towns and villages across the region, as the country's advancing troops push north, just 30 miles from the Russian border.
"The Russians were here," said local resident Dmytro Hrushchenko."Then they suddenly started shouting wildly and running away, charging off in their tanks."
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