Ukraine war latest: Russian oil refinery on fire after drone attack as Putin’s forces trigger ‘longest air raid alert’ in major Ukrainian city since war began

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Russian troops advance - but situation 'stabilised', says Zelenskyy Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the situation in Kharkiv has "stabilised" as of today, as cited by news outlet RBC-Ukraine. He says Russian forces have advanced 10km in one area of the region, which has been intensely targeted by Moscow in a bid to stretch Ukraine's already-outnumbered troops. “Today, our defence forces have stabilised the Russians where they are now," he said. "The deepest point of their advance is 10 km." Later, he posted on X "we must use all available means to force Russia to make a real and just peace", adding...