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.
In Lviv, with the participation of the city's military and civilian leadership, a special meeting was held to develop an action plan in case of possible escalation on the part of Belarus.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian Federation has carried out 796 cyberattacks against Ukraine, which is three times more than in the same period last year.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has congratulated Enrique Manalo on his appointment as Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.
In Kremenchuk, Poltava region, rescuers have completed debris removal works at the Amstor shopping mall, which was destroyed by Russia’s missile attack.