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Ukraine’s military said more than 100 Russian soldiers had been killed and seven tanks destroyed in fighting in the country’s south on Friday.
The area includes the Kherson region that is the focus of Kyiv’s counteroffensive in that part of the country and a key link in Moscow’s supply lines.
Rail traffic to Kherson over the Dnipro River had been cut, Reuters reported the military’s southern command as saying on Saturday, potentially further isolating Russian forces west of the river from supplies in occupied Crimea and the east.
In some villages, not a single home has been left intact, all infrastructure has been destroyed, people are living in cellars.
EU must consider Russia as state sponsor of terrorism, I repeat proposal to impose an EU tourist visa ban for [Russian] citizens.
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