Bridge connecting Ukraine to Crimean peninsula ‘unusable’ after attack, says Russian-installed governor – as it happened
by Charlie Moloney, Miranda Bryant and Adam Fulton from World news | The Guardian on (#6CDBF)
Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, says Chongar bridge would be closed for around 20 days. This live blog is now closed
Ukraine's armed forces have stopped a Russian offensive in the east of the country towards the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman, a senior defence official has claimed.
The deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar told Ukrainian television: We had very fierce battles in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, but our soldiers stopped the enemy there."
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