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Ukrainian village pays high price to keep Russia at bay

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Carolina Chimoy
February 23, 2024

Posad-Pokrovske lies in southern Ukraine. When the Russians held Kherson, the village was a buffer zone, sacrificed to stop advancing Russian forces. The plan worked — but the village was almost completely destroyed.

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