The Ukrainian military says it killed scores of Russian soldiers in fighting in the south, including the Kherson region that is a key link in Moscow's supply lines.
The Ukrainian government has decided on a mandatory evacuation of people in the region around the eastern city of Donetsk, the scene of fierce fighting with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.The Ukrainian military said it had killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in fighting in the southIn a late-night address, Mr Zelenskyy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region needed to leave.
Defence and intelligence officials from Britain, which has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies in the West since Moscow's February 24 invasion, portrayed Russian forces as struggling to maintain momentum. "In some villages, not a single home has been left intact, all infrastructure has been destroyed, people are living in cellars," Mr Butriy wrote on Telegram.Officials from the Russian-appointed administration running the Kherson region earlier this week rejected Western and Ukrainian assessments of the situation.
On Friday the ministry described the Russian government as "growing desperate", having lost thousands of soldiers in the war.
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