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Newsday: 12/09/2022 05:06 GMT : Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns

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12/09/2022 05:06 GMT : Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns

Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns

BBC World Service - Newsday, Russian forces retreat as Ukraine takes key towns

Russia insists their forces have conducted tactical withdrawals

Russia insists their forces have conducted tactical withdrawals but Ukraine says Russian troops fled in panic like Olympic sprinters

The Ukrainian Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, has said his forces' priority is to secure the territory they've liberated in recent fighting. Mr Reznikov told the Financial Times newspaper that the Ukrainian advance had been the biggest setback Moscow has suffered in 200 days of conflict, but he said Kyiv now had to defend its gains.

Preparations are underway for the late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, which will be held in Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September.

And Sweden's main centre-right politician, Ulf Kristersson, has said he's ready to form a new government after Sunday's partial election results showed his coalition inching towards victory.

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