Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1542: Day of Mourning for 24 in Kyiv. Odradne raises the flag again. 205 Mariupol defenders come home.

205 Ukrainian defenders walked free after four years in Russian captivity, mostly taken at Mariupol in 2022; the oldest is 62, the youngest 21. Ukrainian drones struck the Caspian Fleet base at Kaspiysk and Rosneft's Ryazan refinery. The 129th Brigade raised the Ukrainian flag again over Odradne, six months after Russia overran the village. Kyiv held a Day of Mourning for the 24 killed in Russia's 14 May missile strike.

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