Live briefing: Ukraine presses Pentagon for air defenses; battle for Bakhmut rages on
Two civilians were killed and three were injured in a missile strike Saturday in the city of Kherson
, according to the Ukrainian military. The likelihood of further strikes “remains quite high,” it added. In hisElectricity was restored in Kyiv on Saturday afternoon, the power company Energoatom saidGlobal impact Russian President Vladimir Putin has cleared his schedule in September around the time of the Group of 20 gathering
, prompting speculation that he may attend the meeting in India of the world’s largest economies, Bloomberg News , citing people familiar with his planning. Putin avoided last year’s summit in Bali, Indonesia, where most members condemned his invasion of Ukraine.in September that severely damaged the
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