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Short on equipment, high on morale: FRANCE 24 reports from recaptured town in Ukraine<!-- wp:html --><p>The small village of Vysokopillya in southern Ukraine was quick to fall into Russia hands when Moscow invaded on February 24. But in September – after six months of Russian occupation – it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces, who have now set up camp there. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports on the soldiers’ daily lives, some 40 kilometres from the frontline.</p><!-- /wp:html -->

The small village of Vysokopillya in southern Ukraine was quick to fall into Russia hands when Moscow invaded on February 24. But in September – after six months of Russian occupation – it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces, who have now set up camp there. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports on the soldiers’ daily lives, some 40 kilometres from the frontline.

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