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Zelenskyy warns of mines in wake of Russian retreat in northern Ukraine

A view of a destroyed fuel station on March 31, 2022, in Stoyanka, Ukraine.

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian troops were seeding northern areas of Ukraine with mines as Moscow increasingly focused its offensive thrust on the eastern Donbas region — home of two self-proclaimed republics loyal to Russia.

Meantime, as shelling and attacks continued across the country, new evacuations were planned from war-ravaged areas in the north and east, including the devastated port city of Mariupol.

According to Zelenskyy, more than 6,000 people were evacuated from war zones Friday via

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