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Russian forces have taken control of a village located just seven kilometers from the border of Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region, according to statements from Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin urged the beleaguered Ukrainian forces in the Russian region of Kursk to "surrender," while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian leader of attempting to sabotage a ceasefire initiative.

Russia has reported that Ukraine initiated a "counterattack" in the Kursk region along its western border, where Ukrainian forces commenced a surprise ground offensive last August.

Residents of Lebanon are currently forbidden from traveling south to a line of villages and their adjacent areas until further notice, as stated by Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee.

The civil defense agency in Gaza reported that an Israeli airstrike on a residential area resulted in the deaths of at least 73 Palestinians in Beit Lahia, located in the northern part of the territory. Israel claimed the strike was aimed…