Russia-Ukraine war updates: Kyiv recaptures town in south, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian servicemen fire towards Russian troops at a position near the front-line city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region [File: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]

By Dalia Hatuqa, Edna Mohamed and Virginia Pietromarchi

Published On 27 Jul 202327 Jul 2023

This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, July 27:for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, July 27:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posts a video believed to be of Ukrainian soldiers saying they freed the southern village of Staromaiorske from Russian occupation.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin says “hostilities have intensified significantly” in southeastern Ukraine but Kyiv’s push in the Zaporizhia region “wasn’t successful”.
• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that a “handful of donations to some countries” won’t resolve food supply issues after Moscow broke off a wartime grain export agreement. Earlier, at a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, Putin promised free grain to six African nations.
• Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a rebellion in Russia last month, has been seen on the sidelines of the forum, according to several reports.

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