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Highlights of the last 24 hours:

• US officials said on Tuesday that they had “not authorized” Ukraine to attack targets in Russia following a series of drone attacks on military facilities deep inside Russian territory. “We did not encourage or allow Ukrainians to strike inside Russia,” State Secretary Anthony Blinken told reporters.

• Russia said it was attacked at Engels Air Base, home to Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers, and in Ryazan, a few hours’ drive from Moscow. Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for the attacks. According to Russian reports, the strikes killed three people and damaged long-range bombers and a fuel depot.

• According to the Russian-appointed mayor of Donetsk, Oleksiy Kulemzin, shelling by Ukrainian forces killed at least six civilians in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk on Tuesday. As a result of the Ukrainian bombings, a member of the People’s Council of the self-proclaimed republic, Maria Pirogov, allegedly died.

• The governor of the Sumy region bordering Russia, Dmytro Zhivytskyi, said that several people were injured after the Russians fired 226 shells at seven populated areas in a day.

• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited troops near the front line in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Addressing the military later at the presidential palace in Kyiv, Zelenskyi said he had spent the day with the troops in Donbas and Kharkiv region.

• Putin met with senior officials on Tuesday to discuss “internal security” and said Russia was taking “necessary” steps to avoid further attacks from Ukraine.
• Dmytro Peskov said that Moscow sees no prospects for negotiations “at the moment”. He added that in order to hold negotiations with potential partners, Russia must fulfill the goals of its “special military operation.”

• The Ministry of Health of Ukraine appealed to the regional authorities with a request to consider the suspension of non-compulsory operations and hospitalizations due to power outages.

Highlights of Wednesday, the 287th day of the Ukrainian war, LIVETEXT:

07:43During the past day, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled shelling in the areas of the settlements of Biloghorivka, Luhansk region, and Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Yakovlivka, Bakhmut, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Novobakhmutivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka. The Russians launched 10 missiles and 33 airstrikes. Russian rockets damaged civilian residential buildings in the cities of Kramatorsk, Kryvyi Rih, as well as the village of Stepne in the Zaporizhzhia region.(source: Prvda.ua)

11:30 in the eveningRussia may be looking for a false way out of the war in Ukraine, the US has warned

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has warned that Russia may seek a false exit from the war in Ukraine that will not lead to lasting peace and allow Russian forces to regroup and attack Ukraine again, reports Rador, citing CNN.