President’s comments at odds with Russian claims over Vovchansk border town; US announces new $275m aid package for Ukraine. What we know on day 822
Law enforcement officers work at the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine, amid the war with Russia.Law enforcement officers work at the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine, amid the war with Russia.. “Our soldiers have now managed to take combat control of the border area where the Russian occupiers entered,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Friday, after meeting with military and regional officials in Kharkiv city..
, but Moscow was intensifying its assault on other parts of the front. It was not possible to verify the battlefield accounts of each side. Kyiv has been fighting asince 10 May, when thousands of Moscow’s troops stormed the border, making their biggest territorial advances in 18 months.. “The Russian army today launched air terror against this town – eight guided bombs hit the town.” Attacks were launched on at least two other settlements north of Kharkiv, it said.
. State-owned train operator Ukrainian Railways reported a flurry of attacks on the Kharkiv region’s railway system overnight to Friday that damaged tracks, train carriages and buildings. The company posted photos on Telegram showing smoke rising from a wrecked carriage, twisted metal and debris beside tracks and a depot with some blown-out windows.
. Paolo Gentiloni said the talks in Stresa involved “how to move forward on the path” already taken by the 27-nation bloc. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have been discussing how they could draw funds from the €300bn in blocked Russian central bank assets.after the expiry of his five-year term as Ukrainian president and this would raise a legal obstacle if Russia and Ukraine were to hold peace talks.
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