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  • American journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia last week, was formally charged with "espionage" on Friday, a charge he "categorically" rejects, Russian news agencies reported.
  • Emmanuel Macron's visit to China ended with a joint statement, calling for "support for any effort to return peace to Ukraine", but without denouncing the Russian offensive.
  • In Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatened to call into question the agreement allowing the export of Ukrainian grain if nothing is done to remove obstacles to exports of Russian fertilizers and food products.

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08:30: Trench warfare

On the bogged down front in Bakhmut, soldiers dug trenches.


Trench conditions in the Bakhmut area, Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/bWWFkdUhI6

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08:10: Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of "repressing" Muslims in Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of carrying out a "repression" of the Crimean Tatar community, pledging to retake the annexed peninsula, on the occasion of a breaking of the Ramadan fast in Kiev.

"Russia's attempt to enslave Ukraine ... started with the occupation of Crimea, with the repression against the freedom of Crimea, Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars," he told Ukrainian Muslim leaders and ambassadors of Muslim countries. The Tatar community, which makes up 12 to 15 percent of Crimea's two million inhabitants, largely boycotted Moscow's 2014 annexation referendum.

08:00: Hello!

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