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President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Service.

Ukraine pledged Monday to bolster its defences in frontline Bakhmut, after reports that Kiev was withdrawing from the city that has become a symbolic prize in the war.

But Ukrainian forces fighting to retain control of the salt-mining town told AFP its capture by Russia was inevitable and that some units had already begun to pull back.

Day 375 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

As reported by CNN, the bridge was blown up in the night between Thursday and Friday.
Police in the city of Konstantinivka told CNN they hope the bridge will be repaired in the coming days, as it is a vital artery for the evacuation of civilians and the delivery of supplies such as ammunition.

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Moscow: Russian troops surround the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

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The Russian army is intensifying its attacks at Bakhmut, the aim being to exhaust and destroy the garrison

Olena Morozova had endured months of bombardment in what has become the most gruelling battle of the war in Ukraine for the city of Bakhmut, but on Thursday, she said she had finally had enough.

The death toll from the Ukraine war's deadliest attack on civilians at one location since last spring reached 45 at an apartment building a Russian missile blasted in the southeastern city of Dnipro, officials said Tuesday.

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Embarrassing comments about the Russian attack on Dnipro cost Oleksii Arestovych his resignation

The adviser to the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Oleksii Arestovych, is resigning, he announced on Facebook.

The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 30 Sunday, the national emergencies service reported as rescue workers scrambled to reach survivors in the rubble.