The Russian army closed in on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Friday, a key logistics hub through which supplies are transported to troops and towns on the eastern front, while Kyiv urged civilians living there to speed up evacuations. In the meantime, Ukraine said its forces have continued advancing in Russia's Kursk region where it launched an incursion 11 days ago. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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