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Trostyanets, a city 59 kilometres south from Sumy, was liberated by Ukrainian forces on March 26, but has been mined by Russian occupiers. According to Taras Savchenko, first deputy head of Sumy Regional Military Administration, Trostyanets has no access to external communication, electricity, or water.

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