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War blogger also reports recapture of Piatykhatky, which if confirmed would be first village taken in nearly a week

Major-General Sergei Goryachev, chief of staff of Russia’s 35th Army, reported killed in missile strike in Zaporizhia.

Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a village in the southeast of the country amid Russian claims of repelling multiple attacks in the area, the latest indication that a highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive might be underway even as officials in Kyiv stop short of publicly acknowledging it

Russia's forces said Ukraine was making a major effort to punch through defensive lines in southeast Ukraine, but Kyiv didn't confirm the attacks and later said it was not true

Russian officials say their forces thwarted large Ukrainian attacks in two provinces of Ukraine illegally annexed by Moscow

Vladimir Rogov, a Russia-installed local official in the Moscow-controlled part of the region, has said the Zaporizhzhia plant was "completely" disconnected from the external power supply

The attacks came just three days after at least 25 people were killed in missile strikes on cities by Vladimir Putin’s forces

Governor Vladimir Rogov said missiles targeted railway infrastructure and fuel depots - there were also 19 high-rise apartment blocks, 25 private houses, six schools and nurseries and five shops also damaged

Ukraine says Russia is taking up defensive positions in most combat areas apart from Bakhmut

Moscow’s forces push towards the Ukrainian towns of Orikhiv and Hulyaipole, according to Russian state media reports.

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