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And on course to meet djokovic in the quarterfinals is rafael nadal. the spaniard's quest to reclaim the title continued in style with a straight sets victory over corentin mouet. the 13—time champion breezing past the frenchman without any signs of recent injuries bothering him at all. that was his 300th grand slam victory. that's all the sport for now. the governor of luhansk province in ukraine has described the situation in the eastern donbas region as exceptionally bad, with no let up in russian shelling. russia has intensified its assault in the east as it tries to seize the region. th...

>> reporter: it's a tiktok tune she's learned and it's in russian, but it does the trick, taking their minds off the destruction and war, which is raging above their heads. the russians are advancing slowly, but they are advancing here in the donbas. e donbas >> reporter: others have come down to the shelter now. there have been three explosions whilst we've been speaking to the group already below. they have their battered homes just about but they're fearful about how much longer as the russian army marches closer. >> our thanks to alex crawford for that reporting. and more cases of monkeypo...

>> reporter: ludmila's home was flattened during the battle for a town now in russian's hands. putin's forces have been driving sout southeast. russia's aim is to capture all of the donbas, and that includes luhansk and donetsk province. but he says we need powerful, long-range artillery and that unfortunately is not here yet. and it could completely change the whole war. without the heavy weapons already promised by the u.s. and other western allies, he says -- the russians will destroy everything with artillery and mortars. they destroy with aircraft, they use helicopters. they're just wipin...

Russia has deployed 22 battalion tactical groups near izyum in its attempt to advance along the northern axis of the donbas, that's despite struggling to breakthrough ukrainian defenses and build momentum. russia highly likely, it says, intends to proceed beyond izyum to capture kramatorsk and another city there, capturing these locations would consolidate russian military control of the northeastern donbas and provide a staging point for the efforts to cut off ukrainian forces in the region. joining me now is retired army major mike lions. thank you for being with us. just to show people what...

This district right here is under control of the russians now according to the local government. now they're capturing part of theest of it but still have a ways to go here. there is some progress the russians are making here however, they're going to have to move a bit further beyond this in order to do more and in essence, capture thee erest of e donbas area. >> the regional governor says 80% of the territory is in russian hands but as fighting has intensefied in the east, the pentagon says they have seen no major russian gains. what does that tell you? >> so when you look at the map here, t...