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Ukrainian family reunites with Somerset host family

family from Ukraine has been reunited with the family that offered them a home when war broke out two years ago. The Ukrainians have since moved back to their home country, but returned for a 10-day holiday with their host family in Taunton at the start of March The two families say they have "created bonds that will last a lifetime". It comes just after the two year anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. Yuliia Vitkivska came to Taunton with her two children Sofiia, 14, and Matvii, 7, in 2022, after the war broke out in Ukraine.

Ukraine-based Russian armed groups claim raids into Russia

  Three Ukraine-based Russian paramilitary groups say they have crossed into Russia and are now fighting government troops there. nbsp; The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL) and Siberian Battalion (SB) posted videos purportedly showing their fighters in Russia's Belgorod and Kursk regions. atOptions = { 'key' : '07cee7a6b09ab1457d553e3bad757851', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90, 'width' : 728, 'params' : {} }; document.write(' ');   The FRL and an exiled Russian politician claimed two villages were now in control of "liberation forces". Russia's defence ministry said the breakthrough attempts were thwarted.   Ukraine's military denied any involvement in Tuesday's cross-border raids. Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the country's military intelligence, said the paramilitary groups were "independent organisations" of Russian nationals, and therefore operating "at home&q