Ukraine Forces Take another Strategic City

Local Editor

Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"Ukrainian forces have raised the flag over the town council in Lysychansk," the presidency aid in a statement late Thursday.

Operations were continuing to drive the remaining insurgents out of the town, the statement said.

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