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Russians block civilians from leaving occupied areas in southern Ukraine.
May 19, 2022 5:51 PM
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Russians have held over 1,000 cars with people at their checkpoint in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, not allowing them to either enter Ukrainian-controlled territories or return to the occupied ones, deputy head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Administration Zlata Nekrasova reported on May 19. According to her, there are women with children in the cars.

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