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Chechen leader and Putin ally dismisses the loss of Izyum, but concedes the campaign is not going to plan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv's forces have retaken huge parts of the country in the past 48 hours signalling the "beginning of the end of the Russian barbaric Empire"

Moscow diverted best troops to southern city of Kherson, leaving south-east of Kharkiv lightly defended

Russian nationalists called angrily on Sunday for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure ultimate victory in the Ukraine war, a day after Moscow was forced to abandon its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron asked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to withdraw Russian weaponry from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant while Putin warned of the potential "catastrophic consequences" of what he said were Ukrainian attacks on the facility.

‘The Russian army ... is demonstrating the best that it can do, showing its back’, crows President Zelensky

Ukrainian forces are pushing a counteroffensive in the country’s east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict

"It is a unique [construction], 140 meters high. There is nothing like that in Europe," Putin said.

As the war in Ukraine marks 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive, dealing a heavy blow to Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday confirmed Ukrainian troops had recaptured the strategic city of Izyum in the eastern part of the country from Russian forces as part of a large-scale counter-offensive. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant,…

Russia said it was pulling back troops from the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine as Kyiv announced massive territorial gains in its lightning counter-offensive. A Moscow-backed separatist leader in the east meanwhile said Russian forces were fighting "difficult" battles against Kyiv's troops in several parts of eastern Donetsk region, AFP…