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Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, warned that Russia could yet expand its assault on Harkev, a northeastern region as he called on Western allies to increase

supplies of military aid.

Russia launched a surprise attack on the province on May 10th.

Mr. Selensky suggested Russian forces had advanced up to 10 kilometers before

being stopped. He said that Ukraine only had around 25% of the air defences that it

needed and was also short on manpower.

Meanwhile, Harkiv's governor said 10,000 people had been evacuated in the region over the past week.

Benny Gantz said he would pull his centrist party out of Benjamin Netanyahu's

emergency wartime coalition if the Israeli Prime Minister did not agree to a

new plan for the future of Israel's war by June 8th.

Mr Gantz set out a six-point strategy that prioritized the return of captives being

held by Hamas. His ultimatum came after the Israeli forces

said they had recovered the body of another hostage the fourth in two days.

Vietnam's Communist Party nominated Toe Lamb, the Public Security Minister as the

country's president. His appointment is expected to be approved by the

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