Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow has removed 700,000 children from Ukraine, says Russian MP; person killed in drone attack

Grigory Karasin says number involves children ‘fleeing the bombing and shelling’ in Ukraine in recent years; civilian killed in attack on residential building in Sumy, says defence ministry

In her regular operational update, Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar has re-stated that Ukraine is making incremental gains in both the east and the south, and said that 37.4 sq km (14.4 sq m) of territory had been reclaimed.

On the Telegram messaging app Maliar said Ukrainian forces were advancing in the Bakhmut direction, adding that Russian forces were attacking in the Lyman, Avdiivka and Mariinka directions in the Donetsk region.

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Source: The Guardian