Civilians flee eastern Ukraine in advance of a widely forecast attack – as it happened

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More than 6,000 alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine are under investigation, Ukraine's prosecutor's office has said.

A total of 6,036 cases have been reported and 186 children have been confirmed to have been killed, the office added.

Security work is under way in the northern regions of our country, from where the occupiers were expelled.

First of all, it is mine clearance. Russian troops left behind tens if not hundreds of thousands of dangerous objects. These are shells that did not explode, mines, tripwire mines. At least several thousand such items are disposed of daily.