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Hundreds of miles from the front lines, the sleepy farm town of Khorostkiv dodged the bloodshed and havoc of the military conflict that ravaged Ukraine for more than two years.

So the armed attack before dawn on July 1 came as a shock to the warehouse guards, who were easily overpowered by about 30 interlopers. Winter is coming, and the intruders are still there, securing a complex that holds a squadron of lorries and piles of spare parts.

 

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