The Russian mercenary Wagner group has claimed full control of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. International correspondent alexrossiSKY says that although this is a significant moment, it's unlikely to be a defining one Read more:
The city of Dnipro, in southeastern Ukraine, was attacked by Russia overnight, according to officials.
The country's ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, questioned whether the use of the powerful planes in the war would constitute direct Western involvement - claiming Ukraine does not have the required infrastructure or personnel to operate them itself. That area and neighbouring Luhansk make up the Donbas - Ukraine's industrial heartland where a separatist uprising began in 2014, which Moscow illegally annexed in September.The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has said his forces had captured all of the territory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
The Ukrainian leader met with world leaders at the summit in Hiroshima, during which the US announced it was planning to provide Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets. "I think what all this points to is very clear signalling from the West, from Ukraine's allies, that we intend to stay the course, that we intend to increase support to enable Ukraine to counter Russian aggression. And we're not going to back all that."A delegation of six African leaders is set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow which is hoped will"initiate a peace process", according to a mediator who helped broker the talks.
Russia claimed the besieged city of Bakhmut because they have not made any military progress since Autumn, a Ukrainian MP has said.
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