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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Tuesday, stressing closer ties in the face of Western pressure over the war in Ukraine, where Russian forces struck more targets across the country.

The suspension of Ukraine's domestic spy chief has laid bare Kyiv's battle away from the front lines to purge its powerful security agencies of collaborators and Russian agents.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 145th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Around 650 cases of suspected treason by law officials have been discovered

Zelensky says more than 60 officials from the Security Service of Ukraine and the prosecutor’s office were working against the country

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine's security service and another close ally as top prosecutor in Kyiv's biggest internal purge of the war, citing their failure to root out Russian spies.

The Security Service of Ukraine released the footage on Thursday, July 7.

Ukraine has seized assets worth over 2.1 billion hryvnias ($71 million) owned by Russian state oil company Rosneft, gas firm Gazprom and nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Ukraine's state security service said on Friday.