Finnish President Alexander Stubb, commenting on the advance of Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, has said that Ukraine has every right to defend itself and can use the weapons provided by Finland on Russian soil.
Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk region, regardless of its military results, already has important foreign policy consequences, because it demonstrates the ability of Ukrainians to fight asymmetrically and torpedoes the "peace process."
Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out the largest wartime attack on Russian military airfields in Voronezh, Kursk, Savasleyka and Borisoglebsk overnight.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported to the President on the situation in all major areas, especially Toretsk and Pokrovsk, as well as on the operation in the Kursk region.
In the context of the events in the Kursk region, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that under international law, Ukraine can defend itself on the territory of the aggressor country.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved three options for arranging above ground shelters, which will allow about 1,000 schools to start full-time education this school year.
In Ivano-Frankivsk region, another case was documented where two teenagers, 15 and 18, set ablaze at least three SUVs belonging to the Ukrainian military, acting on the instructions of Russian intelligence.
Ukraine and the United Kingdom have held the first round of negotiations on the conclusion of a bilateral agreement on the transition to stronger and deeper partnership.
Soldiers from the National Guard of Ukraine repelled an enemy assault in the Pylne-Lyptsi and Pylne-Hlyboke sectors in the Kharkiv region, destroying and damaging five Russian tanks and eliminating almost fifty invaders.
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James O'Brien have discussed steps that will bring Ukraine closer to NATO membership.
Amid battles in the Kursk region, Russia has pulled out “relatively small” number of troops from the temporarily occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
The Defense Ministers of Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania, Rustem Umerov and Laurynas Kasčiūnas, have signed an agreement on cooperation within the Demining Coalition.