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Russia retreat in ‘annexed’ Kherson, says Ukraine

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Ukraine claims to have recaptured more than 155 square miles in Kherson in less than a week, after Moscow said it had annexed the southern region.

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated more than 400 square kilometres of the Kherson region since the beginning of October,” Ukrainian southern army command spokeswoman Natalia Gumeniuk said in a briefing online.

Meanwhile, Moscow has said it remains “fully committed” to the principle of never allowing a nuclear war to be fought.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing that Moscow’s position that a nuclear war must never be fought had not changed.

This is despite President Vladimir Putin having previously said he was “not bluffing” over his willingness to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia’s territorial integrity.

Fears have grown over a possible dramatic escalation in the seven-month conflict with Ukraine.

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