Russia-Ukraine live updates | Civilians flee intense fighting in contested eastern Ukraine
The Hindu
Here are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict
Civilians fled intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on June 10 as Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland.
Mostly women, children and elderly residents left on a special evacuation train that departed from the city of Pokrovsk and headed west.
Meanwhile, Moscow on Friday officially announced its withdrawal from the United Nations World Tourism Organization which suspended Russia in April over its military operation in Ukraine.
The government said it had "accepted a proposal from the Foreign Ministry... concerning the withdrawal of Russia" from the Madrid-based body, said a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The agency had suspended Russia on April 27, saying the Ukraine operation went against its "values".
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Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded the east of the country, and for humanitarian support to combat growing outbreaks of deadly diseases.
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