Ukrainian forces said 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 north-east climbed as the nearly six-month-long war grinds on without let-up.
“Russian forces have achieved only minimal advances and, in some cases, we have advanced, since last month,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in a video.
“What we are seeing is a ‘strategic deadlock’.”
Russian bombardment of a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, on Wednesday evening killed 12 people, the local emergencies service said.
“This is a devious and cynical strike on civilians with no justification,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians in Ukraine.
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