Russian troops have begun withdrawing from the Sumy region in eastern Ukraine, the head of the regional administration Dmitry Zhivitsky was quoted as saying by Ukrinform last night.

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However, he said it was too early to say the area had been liberated.

He said a large number of Russian servicemen had been spotted there over the past week and that there had been many attacks on civilians.

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Russian military vehicles are being pulled through a corridor from Kyiv and Chernihiv back to Russia, the DPA noted.

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