The pair were involved in shelling that destroyed an educational establishment in the town of Derhachi, prosecutors said
There are about 8,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war held in the Russian-backed self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, head of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic, has said they cannot yet be 100% sure they have flushed every last Ukrainian fighter out of the Azovstal steel plant.
The deputy prime minister of the Russian-appointed Crimean government, Georgy Muradov, has said: “The Sea of Azov is forever lost to Ukraine.” He is reported to have said: “Ports in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions will never again be Ukrainian. I am sure that after the reunification of our regions with Russia, the Sea of Azov will again, as it was before, become exclusively an inland sea of the Russian Federation.”claims that as a result of their operations in the last 24 hours, more than 350 Ukrainian fighters were killed, and 96 units of weapons and military equipment were disabled.
Russia’s failure to anticipate Ukrainian resistance and the subsequent complacency of Russian commanders has led to significant losses across many of Russia’s more elite units,Ukraine’s governor of Kharkiv,, has said fighting is most intense in the Izyum region. He claimed: “The Russians are trying to improve the tactical situation in the area of the city of Izyum and resume the offensive on Slovyansk.
is expected to urge Britain’s allies to remain strong in support of Ukraine and not to appease Putin, in a speech later today.Updated at 11.27 BST
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