Ukraine troops enter Kherson, reclaim dozens of nearby settlements abandoned by Russia

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Ukraine troops enter Kherson, reclaim dozens of nearby settlements abandoned by RussiaUkraine to receive another $400M in military aid from U.S.Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February.The loss of the regional capital would appear to end dreams expressed by some Russians of seizing Ukraine's entire Black Sea coast, although Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the region's annexed status remained unchanged.Much mine clearing to be doneExplosives experts were going into areas retaken from Russian forces to rid them of thousands of unexploded landmines and ordnance they left behind, Ukraine officials said.Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians, though the conflict has killed thousands, displaced millions and pulverized Ukrainian towns and cities.Meanwhile, 45 Ukrainian soldiers have been freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia and the bodies of two killed Ukrainian soldiers have also been repatriated, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office said on Friday."

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