International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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Ukraine's navy has claimed on social media that it has struck the Russian rescue tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh, which it says was in the process of the transportation of ammunition, weapons and personnel of the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island."

The claim has not been independently verified, and as yet there is no comment from the Russian navy on the status of the ship.

Fighting continues on the line of contact. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance by fighting in the Kochubeyevka area, but suffered losses and withdrew. In the Izium area, the occupiers are trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk. Our defenders repel all attacks of the enemy.