Ukraine-Russia war live: Nearly 100 clashes across frontline between Kyiv’s troops and Putin’s forces

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence has said.

Navalny, 47, was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most visible and prominent critic. He had recently been moved to a jail near the Arctic Circle where he was serving almost two decades on charges that supporters and much of the international community believed were trumped up in order to silence him.

The federal prison service said in a statement that Mr Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died, the statement added.

Mr Navalny’s lawyer have not had any confirmation of his death, according to his team.

There were nearly 100 clashes between Kyiv’s troops and Putin’s forces along the frontline over the last day, Ukraine’s army said.

Kyiv said Russia launched 34 missile attacks and 85 air strikes which destroyed private buildings, educational institutions and killed civilians.

“During the past day, there were 95 battles. In total, the enemy carried out 34 missiles and 85 air strikes, carried out 114 shelling from volcano fire jet systems across the positions of our troops and settlements,” Ukraine’s army said.

“As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded and killed among the civilian population. Demolition and damage were suffered by multi-storey and private buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure objects.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenkiy arrived in Germany on Tuesday for a working visit, according to his social media channels, where he posted an image an airport alongside Ukraine’s ambassador to Berlin and a German foreign ministry official.

Germany and France are expected to sign bilateral agreements on security commitments with Ukraine on Friday as Zelenskiy visits their respective capitals.

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“In very large part, this is happening because the Ukrainian forces on the ground are running out of artillery ammunition,” he said, calling the situation in the warzone “incredibly intense”.