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Live from Ukraine VIDEO Ukrainian forces captured several settlements in the Kharkiv region ONLINE Load new news 21:52 Ukraine announced on Thursday that it recaptured the town of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region in the east of the country, AFP reported. This is another success of the Ukrainian army, which a few days ago launched a large-scale counter-offensive in order to regain the territories occupied by the Russian army after its invasion at the end of February. 19:37 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Kyiv on Thursday, declared that Ukrainian troops are making “clear and real” progress in the fight against Russian forces. TASR took over the report from the AFP agency. Blinken told reporters that “it is still very early, but we are seeing clear and real progress”, especially in the area around Kherson, but developments are also being seen in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. 18:39 Russia said on Thursday that an Italian journalist was injured in southern Ukraine last month and is currently under the care of doctors in a medical facility controlled by Russian troops. TASR took over the report from the AFP agency. 16:21 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considers Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reservations justified, as he claims that the grain exported from Ukraine under the UN-backed agreement goes to rich rather than poor countries. AFP reported about it on Thursday. 15:48 As part of its counter-offensive against Russian troops, the Ukrainian army captured several towns and villages in the south of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops also made progress in the Donbass in the east of Ukraine, where, for example, they improved their tactical position around the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. This was written by the AFP agency, which referred to the statement of the deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksii Hromov. 15:31 The Ukrainian military command reported on Thursday that the Ukrainian army occupied more than 20 towns and villages during the counter-offensive in the northeast of the Kharkiv region. The news about it was brought by the AFP agency, which referred to the statement of the deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksii Hromov. 13:50 Poland and the Baltic states will limit the entry of Russian tourists from September 19. Countries will introduce strict entry restrictions for Russian citizens with Schengen tourist visas, regardless of the country in which they were issued, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said. 13:40 More than half of the residents of the Kherson region were evacuated. About half a million people evacuated from the partially occupied Kherson region, Jaroslav Januševič, head of the military administration of the Kherson region, said in an interview with Ukrainian news agency TSN. 13:20 US Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Blinken arrived in Kyiv for negotiations with Volodymyr Zelensky. The visit was not announced in advance. Blinken announced a new aid package worth more than $2 billion for Ukraine and other European countries. 13:10 Russia is gathering forces in the Donetsk region and trying to capture Bakhmut. The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said in a televised interview that Russia is targeting attempts to seize Bakhmut. Russian efforts are said to have eased compared to the Luhansk region. 12:50 As part of the aid to Ukraine, the Pentagon also delivered Excalibur artillery shells, which are guided to the target using GPS. This follows from documents not yet published by the US Department of Defense. TASR informs according to a Bloomberg report. 12:05 The United States will provide Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia with additional military aid in the amount exceeding two billion dollars in total. This was announced on Thursday by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. TASR informs about it based on the report of the AP agency. 11:55 Hungary is trying to complicate the process of extending sanctions against Russia by proposing to remove from the sanctions list three Russian tycoons: Alisher Usmanov, Petr Aven and Viktor Rashnikov, the BBC reports with reference to Politico. 11:10 Ukrainian forces continue offensive operations in the Kherson region. The UK Ministry of Defense said Ukraine’s “systematic pinpoint targeting of vulnerable border crossings” was likely slowing Russia’s ability to deploy troops and supplies from the east. 10:40 US President Joe Biden approved another package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 675 million dollars, including ammunition for HIMARS salvo missile systems. Today, at the beginning of the negotiations of the contact group for Ukraine at the American airbase Ramstein in Germany, the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced this. 10:05 President Zelenskyi said that in 2023, more than 1 trillion hryvnias (about 27 billion euros) will be allocated for the country’s defense needs. 9:45 a.m. The Institute for the Study of War reports that Ukrainian forces have advanced at least 20 km deep into Russian-controlled territory.