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Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin visits occupied Kherson region; US journalist appears in Moscow court | Russia
Putin attends military meeting in Kherson Russian president Vladimir Putin has attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region which is partly held by Russia, the Kremlin has said. Putin heard reports from commanders of the airborne forces and the “Dnieper” army group as well as other senior officers who briefed him on the situation in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, both of which Moscow has proclaimed part of Russia, Reuters reported. Russian troops retreated from Kherson, the regional capital, last November, and have been reinforcing their positions on the opposite bank of the Dnipro river in anticipation of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Kremlin did not say when…
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Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine
Smoke billows during shelling on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar on April 7. (Oleksandr Klymenko/Reuters) The blasts in the japanese Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar echo concerning properties each and every minute or two, a CNN crew reports. Artillery, grad rockets and mortar fire were being all audible in the town at distinctive details Saturday — most of it considered to be outgoing from Ukrainian positions, but also some incoming from Russian forces. The CNN crew, which very last visited Chasiv Yar eight days ago, mentioned the amount of indirect fire appeared to have greater from the former go to. It would seem to point out Ukrainian forces are doing the job…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Bakhmut counteroffensive starts soon, says Ukrainian ground forces commander | Ukraine
Counteroffensive starts soon, says Ukrainian ground forces commander Ukraine’s top ground forces commander, Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, said his forces would soon begin a counter offensive after withstanding Russia’s brutal winter campaign. He said Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, who have been at the frontline of Moscow’s assault on eastern and southern Ukraine, “are losing considerable strength and are running out of steam”. “Very soon, we will take advantage of this opportunity, as we did in the past near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Balakliia and Kupiansk,” he said, listing Ukrainian counteroffensives last year that recaptured swathes of land. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander. Photograph: Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration/Reuters Updated at 03.20 EDT Key…
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IOC announces Olympic Esports Series 2023 with winners to be crowned at live finals in Singapore from 22 to 25 June
The originally verified showcased games across 9 athletics are: Archery (Planet Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow), Baseball (Entire world Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBASEBALL™: Ability Pros), Chess (Intercontinental Chess Federation, Chess.com), Biking (UCI, Zwift), Dance (Entire world DanceSport Federation, JustDance) Motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Gran Turismo). Sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta), Taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Digital Taekwondo) Tennis (Worldwide Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash), The Olympic Esports Sequence 2023 commences nowadays, when equally qualified and beginner gamers from all over the globe are invited to just take section in qualification rounds across a host of the featured video games. The Olympic Esports Sequence 2023 will culminate in are living,…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: war crimes dominate agenda at UN in Geneva; US warns China against arming Russia | Ukraine
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Summary of the day so far … Air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine’s Kyiv region late on Sunday night as Kyiv’s regional military administration confirmed the country’s air defences were at work. The nearby northern city of Chernihiv also reported shooting down Iranian-made Shahed drones, according to its regional governor, Vyacheslav Chaus. Ukraine’s ministry of defence claimed in total to have shot down 11 of 14 drones deployed, including nine over Kyiv. Two emergency service workers were killed and three other people injured during a drone attack on Khmelnytskyi, according to city’s mayor. Belarus’s exiled opposition…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: UK warns conflict could last another year; Russian general ‘under intense pressure in Donetsk’ | Russia
Russian general probably under intense pressure to take Vuhledar, says UK The town of Vuhledar, in southern Donetsk oblast, has experienced heavy shelling again, according to the MoD’s latest defence intelligence update. “There is a realistic possibility that Russia is preparing for another offensive effort in this area despite costly failed attacks in early February and late 2022,” the update on Thursday morning said. Colonel General Rustam Muradov, commander of Russia’s Eastern Group of forces, is likely to be under intense pressure to improve results in Vuhledar after harsh criticism from the Russian nationalist community, according to the MoD. “However, it is unlikely that Muradov has a striking force capable…
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