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National Guard: Withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk was to save soldiers' lives, move them to better-fortified positions

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The process of withdrawing soldiers from the fiercely contested city of Sievierodonetsk lasted several days but was only revealed on June 24 due to security concerns, Press Officer of Rapid Response Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard Kharyton Starskyi reported. Moving troops to more strategic important areas such as Lysychansk will allow Ukrainian forces to prepare for a more effective counteroffensive in the future, he added.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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