The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 10,094 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started, including 4,509 killed and 5,585 injured.
The European Commission has recommended that the European Council confirm Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia's perspective to become members of the EU and grant them candidate status.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the decision by the European Commission recommending that Ukraine be granted the status of a candidate for EU membership and expressed hope for the positive results of next week's European Council meeting.
In the area of responsibility of the Operational and Tactical Group "East", the Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated today 26 Russian personnel and destroyed an enemy fuel depot.
French President Emmanuel Macron says that Western countries have the agreement not to provide Ukraine with certain categories of weapons, including assault aircraft and tanks, to avoid involvement in the war with Russia.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says that 4,481 civilians have been killed and 5,565 injured in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion started on February 24.
What NATO has been doing for many years is to support an independent, sovereign European state, Ukraine, and the only one responsible for Russia's brutal war against Ukraine is Russian President Vladimir Putin.