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Why Ukrainians are reluctant to return to liberated villages

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Aya Ibrahim
July 19, 2023

Villages retaken by Ukrainian troops in the east of the country remain devoid of life. DW correspondent Aya Ibrahim reports why from the region near Velyka Novosilka, southwest of Donetsk.

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