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Explosion in northern Crimea

Ukraine Says Fighting 'Deadlocked' Ahead Of Visit By U.N. Chief

Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of Kharkiv city in Ukraine's northeast climbed as the nearly six-month war grinds on without let-up.
A view shows the Russian Black Sea Fleet's headquarters following a combat drone attack in Sevastopol

Russia Replaces Black Sea Fleet Chief After Crimea Setbacks

Russia has replaced the commander of its Crimea-based Black Sea Fleet, a state news agency reported on Wednesday, after a series of explosions rocked the peninsula it annexed in 2014 and had previously seen as a secure rear base for its war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine servicemen drive past a graffiti of a family painted on damaged buildings in Bakhmut

Russian forces pound Ukraine's Donetsk region

Ukrainian forces reported heavy Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk that has become a key focus of the near six-month war, but said they had repelled many of the attacks.