UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 OCTOBER 2024: Russian troops reach the centre of Vuhledar; Nato’s new chief Mark Rutte voices support for Kyiv

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Russian troops had reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine that had resisted Russian assaults since Moscow’s full-scale invasion, said the regional governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Tuesday.