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Ukraine has attacked the occupied city of Melitopol, located in the country’s southeast. Both the Russian-installed authorities and exiled Ukrainian officials report there were casualties during the attack.Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfold. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
3:12am: Ukrainian forces launch attack on occupied Melitopol
Pro-Moscow authorities in the area say a missile attack has killed two people and injured 10, while the exiled mayor Ivan Fedorov says scores of “invaders” have been killed. Fedorov claims the attack hit a church that Russians had turned into a gathering place. An advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky says the city of Melitopol is key to the defence of the south. “If [the city] falls, the entire line all the way to Kherson collapses”, he claimed in a video interview on social media.
Reuters has not been able to independently verify the reports of the attacks or deaths.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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