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The assault in the Odesa region came as Ukraine’s president said two more ships had traveled through a temporary corridor established by Kyiv after Moscow pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it had destroyed three sea drones targeting the Kerch Strait Bridge, a vital supply line for Moscow’s forces that links occupied Crimea to Russia.

Washington acknowledges Kyiv’s counteroffensive has advanced in the past three days.

The executive director of the Nobel Foundation said it was reversing course from a year ago in an effort lower tensions at a time of growing geopolitical divisions.

The Kremlin’s spokesman said the leaders of Russia and Turkey would hold talks in Sochi, Russia, on Monday.

After breaking through the first major line of Russian defenses around Robotyne, Ukraine appears to hold it securely enough to press on to the nearby village of Verbove.

After 12 years of conflict, anger over growing economic hardships has boiled over. Protesters are demanding the ouster of the authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad and an end to the war.

As the Scottish nationalists stumble, a by-election near Glasgow this fall will test support for the opposition Labour party ahead of Britain’s coming general election.

Russia, which has targeted Ukraine’s grain facilities, is pitching an alternative to the deal that appears aimed at helping its own exports.

The leaders of the two countries have exchanged letters, a White House spokesman said, as Moscow searches for another source of weapons to fight the war in Ukraine.