Ukraine advances in occupied Donetsk as Trump hands Putin diesel deal
Ukraine’s 'Operation Vivaldi' reclaimed more occupied territory in Donetsk during a week when Trump sided with Russia.
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Ukraine’s 'Operation Vivaldi' reclaimed more occupied territory in Donetsk during a week when Trump sided with Russia.
Russia is fighting for settlements it once firmly held in Donetsk, and has retreated from many others.
At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on two buses in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region on Thursday. Earlier, a drone hit a data centre belonging to Russian technology company Yandex, causing a fire.
Eighteen people were wounded in strike on the city in eastern Donetsk region, local authorities say.
The voting systems and lines of communication suffered cyber attacks at the beginning of the second day of the parliamentary elections in Russia, according to the electoral authority and the Digital Ministry. For the first time, elections take place in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia and Jerson, Ukrainian territories illegally occupied by Moscow. The elections have also revived disputes in separatist regions of Georgia and Moldova.