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Ukrainian soldiers man trenches near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, as top US and Russian officials kick off a day of crucial talks on soaring tensions over Ukraine and security demands from Moscow, with few signs either side was ready for a compromise. IMAGES
Images of former Japanese soldier and sexual assault victim Rina Gonoi arriving at Fukushima District Court. The court found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting Gonoi and gave them suspended jail terms, bringing to a close a rare case for a country where victims rarely come forward to speak out against abuse. IMAGES
Russia is executing soldiers who try to retreat from a bloody new offensive in eastern Ukraine and has suffered "significant" losses of armor and personnel, the White House says. "We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who are refusing to follow orders," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian rescue services trawl through the smoking rubble left after a Russia strike on the port city of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea. "Russians hit the city centre. A garage and a 3-story residential building are on fire," Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram. Eighteen people had been wounded and nine of them had been hospitalised, including five children, he added, without specifying their condition or if they had been in the residential building. IMAGES ++ TEXT 33PB89B
Images from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites, show armoured vehicles and Wagner soldiers lining the streets as residents walk around them or watch on in groups. In an earlier televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the city as Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to oust the Russian military's top brass. IMAGES
Ukrainians clear away debris left after a Russian missile hit a school in the eastern city of Kramatorsk overnight. IMAGES
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