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Russia hits southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with seven rockets, flattening apartment building Reuters has posted a helpful summary of its Ukraine-related reporting from today: Ukraine said its forces have retaken more settlements in Kherson, one of four partially Russian-occupied regions that President Vladimir Putin formally incorporated into Russia in Europe's biggest annexation since World War Two.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2...-kyiv-live

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said that if Russia annexed the territories, it would make it impossible for Ukraine “to continue any diplomatic negotiation”.

Putin, the Leader Dreaming of Russian Grandeur at Any Cost...Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin, who turns 70 on Friday, has to turn to 2031 or 9yo more to see him  Masked go bye-bye. See seen his army depleted by ONI 7-months of gruelling military action and his country diplomatically isolated.

Putin the only Russian leader has even brandished veiled threats of using nuclear weapons, dialling up geopolitical tensions over his campaign in Ukraine.

It is a far cry from the turn of the millennium, when a fresh-faced  ONLY  Laughing 47-yr-old Putin replaced the ailing Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin promising friendship and cooperation with the West.