Ukrainian troops are resisting Russia’s offensive on the eastern front and are facing difficulties in the northeast, but are advancing near the destroyed city of Bakhmut and in the south, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Sunday. Moscow’s forces say they have repelled Ukrainian attacks near villages around Bakhmut and in areas further south, including the strategic town of Vuchlear. They also claim to have successfully pushed back Ukrainian troops in the northeast.

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07:20 Ukrainian writer Viktoriya Amelina, wounded on Tuesday during Russian shelling of a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, died on Saturday, a Ukrainian non-governmental organization said on Sunday, AFP reported. The number of people killed as a result of the terrorist attack reached 13 people.

06:10Two members of the British Parliament were among 50 people who attended a party last month hosted by Russia’s ambassador to Britain at his luxury residence in west London to mark the moment Russia became independent from the Soviet Union, The Guardian reported.

05:55 Russian state television on Sunday accused Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of losing his mind after receiving billions in state money, illustrating a new narrative of power over the paramilitary group after its failed uprising, AFP and Agerpres said.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Ukraine said Russian troops were advancing in four districts in the country’s east amid “fierce fighting,” but Kyiv’s forces were advancing in the south. Russian troops are advancing in the area of ​​Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Lyman and Svatovoy, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar reported, being “fierce fighting everywhere”.
• US President Joe Biden will leave for Europe in a week to visit three countries, including the NATO summit in Lithuania, dedicated to strengthening the international coalition supporting Ukraine in the context of a counteroffensive against Russia.
• A Russian propagandist has accused Wagner’s boss Yevgeny Prigozhin of going “crazy” after receiving billions of dollars in state funds, as Moscow’s new narrative takes shape after a brief uprising by a paramilitary group.
• Four civilians were injured by Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Sunday, two of whom were wounded by a direct hit to an apartment building.
• On Sunday in Odesa, Volodymyr Zelenskyi honored military personnel on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a video published on Twitter. “I have never seen such a message: ‘The enemy will not dictate its terms in the Black Sea under any circumstances.’
• The media trust controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, said the director of the online publication of this media group.
• Poland will send 500 police officers to the border with Belarus, Polish Minister of the Interior Mariusz Kaminski said.
• Incident at the Embassy of Belarus in the Netherlands: broken windows and graffiti on the facade of the building
• According to the UK Ministry of Defence, Russia has canceled the Max International Air Show in 2023, likely due to security concerns following recent drone attacks inside the country.
• Many mercenaries of PMK “Wagner” will continue to serve Russia, according to the President of the State Duma
• ‘Very significant consequences’: Vladimir Putin’s statement that greatly eased his trial for war crimes
• Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv overnight after a 12-day hiatus, a Ukrainian military official said Sunday, with air defense systems destroying (according to preliminary reports) all targets in their vicinity.

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