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Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

Reuters

Snake Island was one of the first battlegrounds of Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Kyiv has scored a key strategic victory

Months after Russia seized an island that became emblematic of Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, the country scores an important victory in the Black Sea that could hold the key to reopening grain exports.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's evil plan exposed as Russia loses 'floating missile base' Snake Island

Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed its troops abandoned Snake Island - a strategic outpost in the Black Sea - as a display of goodwill to the world, but Ukraine says they drove the Kremlin's soldiers into the sea after a trouncing military operation

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Bulgaria destroys naval mine off its Black Sea coast

Bulgaria's military late on Thursday carried out a controlled explosion of a Soviet-era naval mine that had drifted close to the country's Black Sea coast, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

WEKU

Russian missile strike kills at least 19 near Odesa, Ukraine says

The attack comes one day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

Axios

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment building, killing at least 21 people

Russian missiles have struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian authorities say.

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Russian missile attacks kill 19 in Odesa: Ukrainian officials

Officials say raids hit a residential building and a resort near the Black Sea port, amid uptick in similar attacks.

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Zelenskiy appeals to Latin American leaders – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine accuses Russia of using phosphorus bombs in fresh strikes on Snake Island

Ukraine's army accused Russia of carrying out strikes using incendiary phosphorus munitions on Snake Island on Friday, just a day after Moscow withdrew its forces from the outcrop in the Black Sea. Russian missile strikes hit an apartment building and a resort near the city of Odesa early Friday morning,…

France 24

Russian missile strikes near Ukraine's Odesa kill 21

(This July 1 story refiles to correct attribution in par 11)

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 128 of the invasion

At least 19 dead after Russian missile strikes multi-story apartment building in Odesa; Russian forces withdraw from Snake Island in Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Russian missile strike kills 10 in Ukraine's Odesa, official says

A Russian missile struck a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said.

Reuters

Ukraine 'knocked out' Russian troops from strategic Snake Island, official says

Despite Russian claims their retreat from Snake Island was an 'act of good will', Ukraine confirmed Moscow’s troops fled quickly after being picked up by high-speed boats

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Russian forces withdraw from strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea

"KABOOM! No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore," a Ukrainian official tweeted.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Abandons Snake Island in Strategic Victory for Ukraine

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger. Russia's defense ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" that…

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: The struggle for Snake Island

Russian forces abandon the strategic Black Sea islet – a major victory for Ukraine that could also enable grain exports.

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Russia withdraws from Ukraine’s Snake Island in Black Sea

Moscow says the withdrawal is a ‘goodwill gesture’ that proves its commitment to UN-led efforts to resume grain exports.

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine pushes Russian forces from strategic Snake Island

Winning back vital Black Sea landmass could weaken any future Russia coastal land attack

Reuters

Ukraine says Russian forces have withdrawn from Snake Island

The head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, Andriy Yermak, said on Thursday that Russian forces had withdrawn from Snake Island, a strategic Black Sea outpost.

The Independent UK

UK aircraft could secure shipping routes for Ukraine’s grain, says Wallace

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been attending the Nato summit in Madrid.

Daily Mirror

Price of lager set to rocket due to Russia's grain blockade, Ukrainian MP warns

Odessa MP Alex Goncharenko - a key ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky - called for the Royal Navy to police a deal allowing grain exports from Black Sea ports

Daily Mirror

Ukraine begs UK to put warships in Black Sea to help get grain out of country

Odessa MP Alex Goncharenko, a key ally of Ukraine's President, called for a 'political deal' between the West, Turkey and Russia to get the grain out of his city - and for the Royal Navy to be allowed to police it

France 24

Black Sea’s Snake Island emerges as crucial in Russia-Ukraine war

Snake Island, a tiny piece of land in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, has taken on symbolic importance for both sides in the conflict. Ukraine said last week that it had won a major military victory on the island, an account Moscow disputes.

Al Jazeera

The Battle for the Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine are vying to control vital grain routes, but who will win?

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