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By Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the Russian army had hit the central square of the northern city of Chernihiv including a theatre and a university, warning there are victims. Chernihiv lies some 150 kilometres (90 miles) north of Kyiv towards the border with Belarus.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Sweden on Saturday to meet with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, the royal family and other officials as a Kyiv counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds into its third month.Zelenskiy said he would thank them for supporting Ukraine amid the Kremlin's full-scale invasion, which is approaching the 18-month mark. «Our primary task is the strengthening of Ukrainian warriors on the ground and in the sky, the development of bilateral cooperation, in particular in the defence industry, Ukraine's European integration and common security in the Euro-Atlantic space,» he wrote in a Telegram post announcing his arrival.

air force said Saturday. It said 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones were used in the aerial assault, and did not specify what happened to the other two.

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drone was shot down by air defense systems in central Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Friday in his Telegram channel. "Debris of the UAV fell down in the area of Expo center," he said referring to a big exhibition space in central Moscow.

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Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, has finally rolled out its much-anticipated Stories feature for all users, after earlier making it available for only premium subscribers. Though it’s an old feature, what sets Telegram apart is its unique twist on the conventional Stories concept – the ability for users to effortlessly edit their stories after posting, reported TechCrunch. Users can effortlessly edit various facets of their stories, ranging from visibility and captions to on-screen text, stickers, and more, all without the need to delete and repost content. Telegram aptly stated in a blog, «For the first time in the history of social media, you can update any element of your story at any time… without having to delete and repost it from scratch.» This functionality has been absent on other prominent social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and TikTok.

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South Korean police are stepping up their crackdown on crypto-powered drug trafficking, and have made 312 arrests in a wide-sweeping narcotics bust.

Telegram announced on Monday that the instant messaging platform is now officially making Stories available for everyone. This feature isn’t new to the app, it was earlier available to only Premium users. This may come as a gift to all users as Telegram prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

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Russian shelling killed seven people, including a 22-day-old infant, and wounded at least 22 in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson on Sunday, prompting local officials to declare Monday a day of mourning and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to promise justice.Kyiv reclaimed part of Kherson from Russian occupation last November but Kremlin troops have continued shelling the regional capital and areas around it from across the Dnipro River. Five people were killed in the village of Shyroka Balka, including a 22-day-old girl, her 12-year-old brother who died from serious injuries in hospital, and their 39-year-old mother, Olesia, Zelenskiy said. «The terrorists will never willingly stop killing civilians,» Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote in a Telegram post.

(Reuters) — Russia sent a task force to oversee cleanup of parts of the country's Far East on Sunday after Typhoon Khanun passed through the Primorye region, the emergencies ministry in Moscow said.

(Reuters) — A civilian was killed and six people were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl, following intense Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, including cluster munitions, a Russian-installed official in the eastern Ukrainian region said on Saturday.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. Fourteen drones were shot down by Russian air defenses and a further six were jammed electronically, the ministry said in a Telegram post. No casualties or damage were reported.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opted to postpone its decision on Ark Invest's proposal for a Bitcoin ETF, continuing a longstanding challenge for cryptocurrency assets seeking inclusion on mainstream U.S. financial platforms.

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Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy, local officials said, and drones that Russian officials blamed on the Ukrainian military targeted Moscow for a third straight day but reportedly didn't cause significant damage. Also Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the firing of all the heads of regional military draft boards, part of his crackdown on corruption since the outbreak of Russia's war in Ukraine more than 17 months ago. The missile that killed the boy struck a house In western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Polish border, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. But Ukrainian air defenses frustrated Russia's daylight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Debris from intercepted missiles fell on residential areas of the city, including the premises of a children's hospital, without causing casualties, local authorities said. Falling wreckage of missiles and drones has in the past killed people on the ground and damaged buildings in Kyiv.

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