The anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down 530 enemy air targets since the Russian invasion started.
Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a telephone conversation between an invader and his wife. The soldier tells her about a large number of wounded and about the detention of a commander who tried to flee from the front line.
The delegation of the Czech Republic led by Minister of Defense Jana Černochová visited Ternopil region. The delegation members and the leadership of the region commemorated the fallen Czechoslovak legionnaires and discussed the support for the Ukrainian army.
Eight city, village, and settlement heads from Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions are currently held in Russian captivity, the Association of Ukrainian Cities reports.
Russian aggressor troops continue firing tube and rocket artillery on civilian and military infrastructure in various directions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy's offensive, pushed the Russians back in Novomykhailivka area, and forced them to leave Ivanivka.
During the meeting in Lviv, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar and Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jana Černochová, discussed the situation at the front lines and further assistance to Ukraine.
Russian troops may resume the offensive on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv if Belarus forces join the invasion or if the Ukrainian forces are destroyed on the eastern front.
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi have reached a full understanding that it is impossible to ensure the safety of the agency's mission at the Zaporizhia NPP while it remains occupied by the Russian military.
Belarus forces in the border areas of Brest and Gomel regions are undergoing training on setting up pontoon crossings. No signs of offensive groups being formed are observed at the moment.
The presentation of the Papal charitable silver coin to help Ukraine took place in the Vatican, in one of the largest palaces - Palazzo della Cancelleria.
Fighters with the Russian invasion forces’ ethnic Chechen units, commonly referred to as “Kadyrovites,” or Kadyrov’s men, opened fire on a Siverodonetsk mosque where people were drawing water from a well.
If Ukraine is not protected, a NATO member country may become the next object of Russian aggression, which will lead to direct military intervention by the United States of America.