Russia intensifies attacks on Kherson in Ukraine’s south, Bakhmut in east

    KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine - Russian forces increased mortar and artillery attacks on the city of Kherson more than six weeks after it was retaken by Ukrainian troops, while also exerting pressure along frontlines in the east, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday. Russia had shelled more than 25 settlements around Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, causing civilian casualties and damaging civilian infrastructure in Kherson city and region, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said in a statement. It said a number of Russian forces were leaving their posts around Zaporizhzhia. Reuters was not able to verify battlefield reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen...

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