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People in Cherson are being evacuated ahead of the threat of fighting in Cherson
Photo: IMAGO/Evgeny Biyatov / IMAGO/SNA
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Mercedes-Benz sells business in Russia
9:26 a.m.:
Mercedes-Benz is finally withdrawing from the Russian market.
The group announced in the morning that the group is about to sell shares in industrial and financial services businesses to a local investor.
The group, like VW, BMW and Renault, had previously stopped doing business in the country.
A Mercedes-Benz spokesman said the company's stake in Russian truck maker Kamaz was unaffected, which is set to be transferred to Daimler Truck later this year.
Kyiv expects "heaviest fighting" around Cherson
9.01 a.m .:
The Ukrainian armed forces are preparing for "heaviest fighting" in the strategically important area of Cherson.
Although Russian occupation authorities evacuated residents to the east bank of the Dnieper, there are no signs that Russian forces want to give up the city, said adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Oleksiy Arestovych.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the area has been going on for weeks, Russian forces have been pushed back and are in danger of being trapped on the west bank of the Dnieper.
There is the city of Cherson, which has been in Russian hands since the first days of the invasion.
For this reason, Kyiv does not assume that Cherson, like other cities before, will be given up by Moscow.
On the contrary: According to Arestovych, Russia is increasing its troops in the area. "The heaviest fighting will take place around Cherson," he said.
The Kherson region is so important because it is the only land connection to the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
The mouth of the Dnieper is also in Cherson.
Selenskyj thanks Berlin and calls for more help from Israel
8:47 a.m .:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany for the help and asked for more help from Israel.
"We will intensify cooperation with Germany," said Zelenskyj in his daily video address.
In it, Selenskyj went into great detail about the visit of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Ukraine.
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