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Russians Focus Firepower to Seize 2 Villages in East Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian military expanded its grab of territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, capturing two villages and vying for control of a key highway in an offensive that could cut supply lines and encircle some frontline Ukrainian forces, British and Ukrainian military chiefs said.
Britain's defense ministry said that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from some areas near the city of Lysychansk, the latest major battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, to avoid the possibility of being encircled as Russians sent in reinforcements and concentrated their firepower in the area.
https://www.military.com/daily-news...-firepower-seize-2-villages-east-ukraine.html

Update: sources indicate that it was indeed an embassy employee who got expelled, and not the ambassador. They also fixed the headline.One of the Russian newssites is reporting that the French ambassador has been expelled from Russia, but if you read the deails it seems that the expulsion concerns "an employee of the embassy", and not the actual ambassador. Could be a misinterpretation on the part of whoever wrote this snippet. Trying to find confirmation.

Russia: LPG station exploded in Talitsa town of Sverdlovsk region of Russia, 1 wounded
"Despite heavy losses, Russia is forming the 3rd Army Corps numbering 15.5k servicemen with permanent location in Mulino (Nizhniy Novgorod)," says Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk. "The threat of a repeat attack on Kyiv is real."
Zolotoe cauldron shut now. Remains to be seen if Ukrainian units are inside or pulled out.
Launch of three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles reportedly toward Russian ammunition depots.
This is reportedly footage of a failed Russian air defense system missile launch from Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast.
Live to fight another day.Ukrainian troops “have to be withdrawn” from Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai reported on June 24. The city has been the scene of fierce fighting for the past several months, with Russian troops controlling most of it.
