Morning news brief: Russian troops fall back to defensive positions in Bakhmut, & more
Morning brief
The battle of Bakhmut is taking a new turn every day and the latest reports suggest Russia suffering a setback in this key battleground which has seen severe fighting in recent months. Moscow has accepted that Ukraine's spring offensive has made some of the Russian troops have fallen back to defensive positions. Meanwhile, social media companies are facing the wrath of the 2022 mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. A lawsuit has been filed by the victims' families alleging that some of these social media firms facilitated the convicted shooter’s “racist, antisemitic, and white supremacist propaganda.”
In other news, the Portugueseparliament, after a protracted battle, on Friday approved legislation allowing euthanasia for people over 18. However, it comes with certain constraints and is only allowed only for people who are suffering from intolerable pain and terminal illnesses.
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Russia, on Friday (May 12) acknowledged that some of its forces had fallen back from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut following a new Ukrainian offensive. Russia-installed officials in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk said that missiles fired by Kyiv hit two disused factories and several houses in the main city. It also injured six children and a Russian parliamentarian, said Leonid Pasechnik, head of the region.
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