UN nuclear chief visits Zaporizhzhia; Russia and US cut nuclear contacts after Moscow quit New Start
An explosion was reported near a Russian military airbase in Crimea,The Russian-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, posted to Telegram that “a UAV [drone] was shot down in the Simferopol region” and that there were “no casualties or damage”.
Ukrainian forces reportedly shelled the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol, south of the Zaporizhzhia region,Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of Melitopol, which has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2022, said on the Telegram messaging app there had been Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner group, said the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut had “practically destroyed” the Ukrainian armyThe Russian-installed leader in the region said Russian forces were moving forward in Bakhmut despite fierce resistance and had almost taken full control of a metals plant there.
Russian forces trying to encircle the town of Avdiivka in recent days have made only marginal gains despite heavy losses in armoured vehicles,Vladimir Putin conceded that sanctions on Russia could have “negative” consequences for the economyVolodymyr Zelenskiy has extended an invitation to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit Ukraine.
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