Zelensky hails 'brave' Ukraine on 500th day of war

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The UN has documented 9,000 civilian deaths since the start of the war on Feb 24, 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed “brave” Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia’s invasion on Saturday, as the war’s toll mounted with six deaths reported in Russian rocket fire.

“I want to thank from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days,” he said in the video, which showed him arriving on the island by boat and leaving flowers., Mr Zelensky prayed for the victims of the war alongside Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the world’s Orthodox, after a regional tour to drum up support ahead of a Nato summit next week.

“At around 10am, the Russians struck the town with multiple rocket launchers,” Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on social media, adding: “At least six people were killed and five injured.” Humanitarian groups strongly condemned the decision to supply cluster munitions, which can go undetonated and potentially endanger civilians for years to come.Ukraine's counter-offensive slower than expected, but too soon to judge, says Pentagon

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