Ukraine said hundreds of thousands of people were freed from Russian control in recent days after a counteroffensive that has reshaped the battlefield. In the past week, Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia has in the past five months and recaptured dozens of towns. Nick Schifrin traveled to one of those areas and found people returning to their homes and others mourning what was lost.

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