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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia has carried out deadly strikes across Ukraine, as Kyiv stepped up its efforts to retake the occupied southern Kherson region.
Five people were killed and 26 injured when missiles struck the central city of Kropyvnytskyi, officials said. Three people died in Bakhmut, in the east.
Near Kyiv, 15 people were hurt at a military base. Ukraine’s northern and southern regions were also hit.
This comes as Ukraine seeks to isolate Russian troops in the country’s south.
A key bridge into the city of Kherson is out of action after Ukraine’s forces struck it with long-range rockets supplied by the US. This makes it impossible for Russia to send deployments and weaponry over the Antonivsky Bridge.
UK defence officials say the only Ukrainian regional capital seized since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February is now “virtually cut off from other occupied territories”.
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However, the Ukrainian military has warned that Moscow is now redeploying its forces from eastern Ukraine to defend the Kherson region.
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