UKRAINE-CRISIS/SNAPSHOT (PIX):Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
A view shows debris of a residential block of a tram depot hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.Ukrainian forces said they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while shelling by Kremlin forces in Kharkiv in Ukraine's north killed seven people as the near six-month war grinds on with no let up in fighting.
* Ukrainian forces killed 29"occupiers" as well as destroying artillery, armoured vehicles and a military supply depot, the south district of the Operational Command of the Ukrainian armed forces said . * Ukrainian technicians at the Russian-held nuclear power plant hit by shelling work under the barrels of Russian guns and face huge pressure, but they are staying on to make sure there is no Chornobyl-style disaster, one of them said.* U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in Lviv in western Ukraine to discuss the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, along with finding a political solution to the conflict, a spokesman said.
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