Ukraine's president says his military is 'tormenting' Russian forces and their success in holding off invading troops has been 'historically significant'.
Mr Zelenskyy said his armed forces"are repelling the occupiers' attacks" and"carrying out counterattacks".
"The occupiers think that this will somehow make it easier for them to control the territory. But they are wrong. They deceive themselves," he said. Explosions were heard in Kyiv and other cities after the ship sank. Early on Friday, Russia claimed to have hit a factory in the capital that makes and repairs anti-ship missiles.As well as Kyiv, blasts were heard on Friday in the southern city of Kherson, the eastern city of Kharkiv and in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
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