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Updated: 24/08/2023 - 19:33

Ukraine marks Independence Day with sadness but a determination to drive out Russian forces

Ukraine marked on Thursday its second Independence Day since Russia’s illegal invasion with families of fallen soldiers remembering their loved ones and the government vowing to keep up the fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces.

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