Heavy fighting continues in the Melitopol and Berdiansk sectors where Ukrainian defense forces are on the offensive. At the same time, the defense forces are entrenching themselves on the achieved lines.
In a phone call, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte discussed the starting dates of the F-16 training mission for Ukrainian pilots and coordinated positions on the eve of the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
On the occasion of Statehood Day, President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda has presented about 80 Lithuanian and foreign citizens, including some Ukrainian officials, with orders and medals.
At the border crossing point “Ustyluh”, the participants in the "Raise the Flag for Ukraine in NATO" marathon handed over the Ukrainian flag, which they received from the military from Bakhmut, to the Lithuanian athletes.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region, Russian invaders continue to abduct Ukrainian children and take them to Russia for "vacation." Recently, another 185 children were taken away in this way.
During the day, Ukrainian service members destroyed six enemy manpower clusters, three ammunition depots, 24 artillery systems on firing positions, and an electronic warfare station.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting with President of Poland Andrzej Duda and President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda told about the current needs of the Ukrainian military.
In the temporarily captured part of Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian occupiers tear up Ukrainian documents at checkpoints and impose Russian citizenship.
In the Tavria direction, the Ukrainian forces have achieved partial success in offensive actions and improved their tactical positions in the defense in the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian border guards broadcast through loudspeakers an address to Belarusians, calling for the overthrow of their dictator and stand up against Russia’s war of aggression waged against Ukraine.