Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on its 539th day.
A Ukrainian soldier waves atop an APC at the front line of one of the longest battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, August 14, 2023./ Photo: AP ArchiveKiev has said its forces had liberated the settlement of Urozhaine in the industrial Donetsk region as part of a grinding push to wrest Russian forces along the southern front in Ukraine.
"Urozhaine was liberated. Our defenders are entrenched at the outskirts. The offensive continues," Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar announced in a statement on social media. Kiev launched its long anticipated counteroffensive in June, but has acknowledged tough battles as it struggles to break through heavily fortified Russian positions.One person has been killed by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian border region of Belgorod, the region's governor has announced.
"The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in Shebekinsky District came under mortar shelling... Too much grief, there is one dead," governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a social media post.Russian air strikes on southern Ukraine overnight have damaged grain silos and warehouses at one of the Danube river ports, a key facility for grains shipments, the governor of the Odessa region on the Black Sea said.
"Russian terrorists attacked Odessa region twice last night with attack drones," Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app."The main target is port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region."Photos released by the governor show the destroyed metal walls of the storage facilities and piles of scattered grain and sunflowers. Ukrainian officials have not yet said whether the attacked port is operating.
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