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Summary
It’s now 8.30pm in Ukraine. In case you missed it, here’s a quick rundown of all the latest developments from throughout the day.
Two people were killed in a series of drone strikes in Kyiv overnight, the largest such attack to hit the Ukrainian capital since the Russian invasion.
The Ukrainian military said that 58 of 59 Russian drone strikes across the territory of Ukraine were intercepted by aerial defence systems.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said that “most of the lives that could have been taken by the [strikes] were saved” and thanked “each and everyone” of the people who had taken part in defensive operations.
Zelenskiy has also asked his country’s parliament to approve 50-year-long sanctions against Iran because of its role in supplying Russia with drones and military equipment for the war.
The death toll from a Russian missile attack on a medical facility in Dnipro on Friday has risen from two to four people, according to the region’s governor.
Russian attacks near the eastern city of Bakhmut, the scene of heavy fighting in recent months, have abated slightly, according to a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military.
The EU’s spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, Nabila Massrali, has said Russia “will be held accountable” for attacks on civilian areas.
Authorities in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine continue to coerce local populations into accepting Russian passports as part of efforts to annex territory, according to Ukrainian officials.
The Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin has told the BBC that Russia has “enormous resources and we haven’t just started yet to act very seriously”.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a panel to investigate US allegations that a Russian ship collected weapons from a naval base near Cape Town last year, the presidency said in a statement.
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