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Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence update that the eastern town of Bakhmut that was captured by the Russians in May has seen some of the most intense fighting along the front during the last week. Lyman is a few miles from the front line, where Russian troops have recently intensified fighting in the forests of Kreminna. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the eastern Donetsk region, posted images showing some of the dead, including a body lying under a bicycle and body fragments on the pavement next to a damaged vehicle, saying that "the Russian terrorists are continuing to strike civilians in Donetsk." Ukraine's interior ministry said that a Russian rocket strike on the town of Lyman killed eight civilians and wounded 13 others early Saturday. Intense battles continued to rage Saturday in the country's east and south as Ukrainian forces pressed their attacks against multi-layered Russian defenses in the initial stages of their counteroffensive.

The answer supposedly came back, "Go (expletive) yourself."Ī Ukrainian policeman of a special police unit fires a D-30 cannon towards Russian positions at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, on Friday. The island took on legendary significance for Ukraine's resistance, when Ukrainian troops there reportedly received a demand from a Russian warship to surrender or be bombed. 24, 2022, the day Moscow launched its invasion, in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa, Ukraine's biggest port and the headquarters of its navy. Russian forces took control of Snake Island on Feb.

Moreover, in this case, the terms were violated by both the Ukrainian side and the Turkish side," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "The return of the leaders of the Azovites from Turkey to Ukraine is nothing more than a direct violation of the terms of the existing agreements. There was no immediate official explanation from Ankara or Kyiv about why they were allowed to return to Ukraine. Under the exchange, the leaders were to remain in Turkey until the end of the war under the Turkish president's protection. Ukraine invasion - explained Putin's claim of fighting against Ukraine 'neo-Nazis' distorts history, scholars say Its defenders became renowned among Ukrainians for holding out in wretched conditions in the plant's tunnels and corridors. The sprawling steelworks was the last bastion of resistance as Russian forces took control of the port city of Mariupol. He announced that five commanders of the defense of the Azovstal steel plant, a grueling months-long siege early in the war, were returning on the plane with him.

Zelenskyy was returning from Turkey on Saturday. It was unclear when the video was filmed. "Thank you to everyone who fights for Ukraine!" "I want to thank - from here, from this place of victory - each of our soldiers for these 500 days," Zelenskyy said. Speaking from Snake Island, Zelenskyy honored the Ukrainian soldiers who fought for the island and all other defenders of the country, saying that reclaiming control of the island "is a great proof that Ukraine will regain every bit of its territory." KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing the country's soldiers in a video from a Black Sea island that became the symbol of Ukraine's resilience in the face of the Russian invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, stands next to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of St.
