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David Child, Sasha Petrova, Nigel Wilson

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: France expels six Russian agents

Emergency workers carry debris from a multi-storey building destroyed in a Russian air raid at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war in Borodyanka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine [File: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
  • France announces it is expelling six Russians suspected of working as spies under diplomatic cover in Paris, after the French intelligence services uncovered a clandestine operation.
  • Russian-backed rebel forces declare they will “intensify” their battle against Ukrainian troops in the country’s east.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says tens of thousands of Ukrainians have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on Mariupol.
  • Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer becomes first European leader to hold in-person talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Moscow launched its invasion.
  • Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov discloses Russia will not pause its offensive for, or during, any further talks with Ukraine.

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