Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian defence ministry using Bakhmut to ‘deliberately expend’ Wagner forces, analysts say

Ministry likely seizing opportunity to weaken Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Institute for the Study of War says

What we know on day 383 of the invasion

Reuters has a quick snap to say that sources have told the news agency that China’s Xi Jinping, recently handed an unprecedented third term in office, plans to visit Moscow as soon as next week. It would send a strong signal that China was doubling down on its relationship with Russia at a time when some elements in the west have been expressing concern that China might start to supply arms to aid Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.

Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, is reporting that according to the local authority, the settlement of Shalyhyne in Sumy oblast, close to the border with Russia, has been shelled this morning.

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