Russian president blames Ukrainian special services for ‘destroying critically important civilian infrastructure’
, will hold a meeting of his security council on Monday, the Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has said.after an explosion on Saturday caused the collapse of part of a bridge linking the Crimean peninsulaUkrainian authorities have revised the death toll from the Russian shelling of the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia down from 17 to at least 12.
The Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told ABC’s This Week programme: “We don’t really have anything more to add to the reports about the explosion on the bridge. What I can tell you is that Mr Putin started this war, and Mr Putin could end it today, simply by moving his troops out of the country.”is being accompanied by the destruction and pillaging of historical sites and treasures on an industrial scale, Ukrainian authorities have said.
Ukraine achieved success with its offensive in the north-east, but its drive in the south to wipe out a Russian foothold on the west bank of the vast Dnipro river has taken longer, Reuters reports. Southern military command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said Ukraine was making progress on the Kherson front, but that a lot needed to be done to secure newly recaptured territories.
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