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Russian forces are possible making headway in the direction of their longstanding aim of capturing the strategic Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, army sources from each side of the battle mentioned.

A Ukrainian army supply and a blogger mentioned the Russian forces had began occupying a district of the city alongside a canal, reported Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda.

“Over the past week, there have been more than 1,500 instances of shelling of the outskirts of Chasiv Yar from the north to the south,” it quoted its supply as saying.

They added that Russian troops have been utilizing guided aerial bombs to clear areas alongside a significant street “and with the support of multiple long-range missiles and drones they have begun to move forward and build up their forces”.

From the Russian facet, its 98th Paratrooper Division mentioned Ukrainian forces have been “doing everything possible to ensure our units do not move across the canal and take up positions in the ‘New’ district on the other side”. Russian assault items have been persevering with to clear the canal district, it mentioned.

Chasiv Yar stands on excessive floor about 20km (12 miles) to the west of Bakhmut, a city Russian forces seized a yr in the past after months of battles that flattened practically all its buildings.

If captured, the city will function a possible staging level for Russia to advance on the important thing cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

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Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo mentioned it could impose hour-long energy cuts all through the nation this night as demand exceeds agreed limits.

The rolling cuts would apply to home and industrial clients and be in impact from 4pm to 10pm (1300 GMT to 1900 GMT), Ukrenergo mentioned on its Telegram channel.

The restrictions is not going to apply to “critical infrastructure” websites offering very important providers.

Russia over the previous two months has intensified assaults on the Ukrainian power system, knocking out the majority of thermal and hydropower era capability.

As a end result, Ukraine has possible misplaced about 9GW of its energy-generating capability since March, based on prime minister Denys Shmyhal.

On Friday, Kyiv ordered all ministries and regional authorities to cease utilizing air-con and swap off exterior lighting.

Joe Biden has mentioned in France that Russian president Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be going to cease with the battle in Ukraine and all of Europe was threatened.

French president Emmanuel Macron welcomed his American counterpart, Mr Biden, in Paris yesterday for a state go to that included talks concerning the Middle East, Ukraine, and commerce.

“The United States is standing strong with Ukraine. We’re standing with our allies,” Mr Biden mentioned.

“We are standing with France,” he added.

“Putin is not going to stop with Ukraine…. All of Europe will be threatened. We’re not going to let that happen.”

The two international locations will work more durable to forestall a regional escalation from Israel’s battle with militant group Hamas in Gaza and give attention to calming tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, Mr Macron instructed reporters on the Elysee presidential palace, with the US president at his facet.

As Russia continues urgent on with its all out battle in Ukrainian territories, many households have made determined makes an attempt to flee their war-ravaged cities.

A household of refugees now dwelling within the metropolis of Kharkiv recounted the horrifying story of their last-minute evacuation as Russian troopers approached.

A mom and her 5 kids have been dwelling within the village of Zakharivka, just some miles from the Russian forces advancing throughout the border into Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv area. The area has been the scene of intense preventing for weeks.

“Mummy, when will this war end?” nine-year-old Sasha requested his mom.

Read Tom Watling’s full report recounting the household’s escape.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned the Russian military has failed in its Kharkiv offensive.

“A very significant result is that the Russian army failed. The direction is strengthened. And it will be strengthened more,” Mr Zelensky mentioned.

Russia launched its offence in Kharkiv Oblast on 10 May the place it managed to advance so far as 10kms. However, the Ukrainian push halted the Russian army’s advance close to the primary line of defence.

“We are now restraining them as much as possible and destroying the Russian units that enter our land and terrorize the Kharkiv region,” he mentioned.

A Moscow courtroom has ordered a French citizen accused of accumulating data on army points in Russia be held in jail pending investigation and trial.

Laurent Vinatier was arrested within the Russian capital on Thursday as tensions have flared between Moscow and Paris following French president Emmanuel Macron’s statements about the potential of deploying the nation’s troops in Ukraine.

The authorities accused Mr Vinatier of failing to register as a “foreign agent” whereas accumulating details about Russia’s “military and military-technical activities”, which may very well be used to the detriment of the nation’s safety.

They didn’t present particulars of the accusations past alleging that Mr Vinatier repeatedly travelled to Russia to gather this data. Under Russian legislation, it’s a felony offence punishable by as much as 5 years in jail.

Mr Vinatier appeared in courtroom on Friday. Russia’s state information company Tass cited his lawyer as saying within the courtroom that he admitted his guilt and maintained that he merely didn’t know concerning the requirement.

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Russia has put former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its needed record, Russian state media reported, citing the Interior Ministry’s database.

Russian state information company Tass mentioned Tymoshenko was listed as needed on unspecified felony fees.

She reportedly joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, on the identical record, which additionally contains scores of officers and lawmakers from Ukraine and NATO international locations.

A household of refugees now dwelling within the metropolis of Kharkiv recount to Tom Watling the horrifying story of their last-minute evacuation as Russian troopers approached