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In St. Petersburg, President Vladimir V. Putin rejected calls for reviving a Black Sea grain deal or for ending fighting.

Debris from one missile injured several people and caused damage in Taganrog, about 30 miles east of the Ukrainian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Ukrainian forces said they retook a village seized by Russia early in the war, overcoming heavy fire from Moscow’s aircraft and artillery.

Russia said it had foiled the attack, the second such incident in the capital region in less than a week.

The Russian president, who is set to wrap up a two-day summit with African leaders, blamed Western nations for the collapse of the deal that had allowed Ukrainian grain to be shipped through the Black Sea.

A day after U.S. officials said that Ukraine had begun the main thrust of its counteroffensive, Kyiv said it was pushing on two fronts, as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said fighting had intensified.

A day after U.S. officials said that Ukraine had begun the main thrust of its counteroffensive, Kyiv said it was pushing on two fronts, as President Vladimir V. Putin said fighting had intensified.

Artillery duels flared along the southern front, as troops trained and equipped by the West pressed forward.

The surge of the Alternative for Germany party has shaken the country’s political establishment. But for mainstream conservatives, it has also prompted an acute identity crisis.

A report from Citizen Lab laid out how much online censorship has increased on one of Russia’s biggest social media sites.