As it happened: Zelensky vows victory on 100th day of Russian invasion

A soldier of the Kraken Ukrainian special forces unit observes the area at a destroyed bridge on the road near the village of Rus'ka Lozova, north of Kharkiv, on May 16, 2022. © Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, on the 100th day since Russia's February 24 invasion, said his country will emerge victorious, as Russian troops pounded the Donbas region. Paris confirmed the death of a French national fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. And at a meeting in Moscow on Friday, African Union chair Macky Sall told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that Africans are "victims" of the conflict in Ukraine. Read our liveblog below to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

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