Ukraine-Russia war live: Ukraine takes key village as Russians flee cluster bombs

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A Ukrainian soldier, code name Ara, who lost his hand a year ago in combat, with his machine gun near Bakhmut - LIBKOS/AP Ukraine has captured a key strategic village in the southeast, after Russian troops were seen fleeing cluster bombs. Hanna Maliar, a Ukrainian defence minister, said Urozhaine in Donetsk had been “released” in a statement this morning. She added: “Our defenders are entrenched at the borders. The offensive continues.” Footage released by the defence ministry shows columns of Russian soldiers being hit by US-supplied cluster munitions, which spray “bomblets” over a wide area. Seizing Urozhaine allows Kyiv to...