Russia will respond in kind to the expulsion of 70 of its diplomats by Bulgaria. Russian embassy staff were told to leave by Monday.

Bulgaria is a member of NATO and its government supports sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Russia cut gas supplies to the country.

The prime minister said that anyone who works against the interests of the country will be sent back. Moscow has been accused of launching a campaign against the government.

The person isNatasha Turak.

There was a lot of smoke in the sky during the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Russia claimed to have captured the town of Lysychansk.

Anadolu agency.

Russian troops liberated Luhansk province after several weeks of fighting. The area has a lot of infrastructure that has been destroyed.

According to a translation, Putin said that the troops who fought in Luhansk should rest, but that other troops should fight on.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to win back the lost territory after Ukrainian forces withdrew from the majority of the area. Russian forces are expected to turn their attention to the neighboring city of DONETSK, which is part of the Donbas region.

The person isNatasha Turak.

The ambassador to China criticized the Chinese foreign ministry for repeating Russian propaganda.

Russia's war in Ukraine is the greatest threat to global world order, and Ambassador Nicholas Burns hopes that China will stop spreading Russian rhetoric that blames NATO for the crisis.

During an event hosted by Tsinghua University, Burns said that he hoped the foreign ministry would stop telling lies about American bioweapons labs.

An audience of Chinese and other foreign diplomats, students and professors were listening to Burns speak. Representatives of the five permanent United Nations Security Council member states spoke at the event.

The U.K. ambassador said that if Russia had its way, the world would have anarchy. Russia denies the West's accusations. The ambassadors spoke for the first time in China.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has not been condemned by China. The West is blamed for sanctions imposed on Russia in much of its media.

The person isNatasha Turak.

A group of people pump water from a public well.

The images are of Scott Olson.

The governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said that Russia has captured the eastern Luhansk region.

The first city to be seized by Russian-backed forces in the war was a city with a pre-war population of around 100,000. It was taken back by the Ukrainians.

The town of Bakhmut is a target for Russia.

There have been sporadic fighting between Ukrainian and pro-Russian troops in Luhansk. The capture of the Donbas is a priority for Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his country would take back its land.

The person isNatasha Turak.

Russian forces are likely to use the same tactics as they seized Luhansk after weeks of intense shelling, according to Britain.

The images are of Scott Olson.

The Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces are likely to use the same tactics to seize the rest of the eastern region of Ukranian.

The fight for the Donbas has been grinding and attritional and this is likely to continue in the coming weeks according to the ministry.

The U.K. said that Russia had claimed to have secured full control of the city. It said that the focus of Russia will now be to capture a large portion of the territory that is under the control of the Ukrainians.

According to the U.K., the invasion is causing major disruption to the supply of seed andfertilizer which Ukrainian farmers rely on.

Ukraine's grain exports have been severely constrained by the blockade of Odesa. Ukrainian agricultural exports are unlikely to be more than a third of the total.

Following its retreat from the Black Sea outpost of Snake Island, Russia made a false claim that the ball was in Ukraine's court. The ministry concluded that the global food crisis was worsened by Russia's disruption of the Ukrainian agricultural sector.

Holly Ellyatt is a person.

Thousands of Ukrainian athletes have been unable to train, hundreds of sports facilities have been destroyed, and a large number of people have been killed in the fighting.

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According to the president of the country, 89 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed since Russia invaded the country.

Thousands of Ukrainian athletes have been unable to train, hundreds of sports facilities have been destroyed, and a large number of people have been killed in the fighting.

To defend our country, many Ukrainian athletes joined the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces. Athletes and coaches have been killed. He said that 13 of them are in Russian captivity.

There is a new support package for Ukrainian athletes. The position of the IOC was unchanged when it came to banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competition.

It's not time yet to lift the ban.

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There was destruction from a missile attack in Bakhmut City on July 3, 2022.

Anadolu agency.

The head of the province said on Sunday that Russian forces were focused on capturing more parts of the region.

There were rocket strikes and shelling in the region on Sunday.

Kramatorsk and Sloviansk were the most affected, according to him. Six people, including one child, were killed in a shelling in the city. Multiple residential buildings were damaged.

He said that Kramatorsk was hit by a multiple launch rocket system.

One person was injured and another person was killed in Kramatorsk.

At least 7 civilians were killed and 20 were wounded by the Russians in one day. CNBC couldn't confirm the information immediately.

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There was a lot of smoke in the sky during the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Russia claimed to have captured the town of Lysychansk.

Anadolu agency.

Zelenskyy admitted on Sunday that his forces had to retreat from the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk province in the eastern Donbas region.

He said in his video address that if the commanders of our army withdraw people from certain points at the front, where the enemy has the greatest advantage in fire power, it means only one thing.

The increase in the supply of modern weapons will allow us to return.

Zelenskyy said that Russia had enough rocket launch systems to destroy the cities of Ukraine and that they had gathered most of their firepower in the area.

The president said that protecting the lives of our soldiers is an equally important role. We will rebuild the walls and win back the land.

Russia claimed to have captured the town of Lysychansk on Sunday. Russian forces now control the Luhansk region, and are expected to capture more territory in the future. The main goal of the war is to liberate the Donbas region in east Ukraine, according to Russia.

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