Rapidly advancing Russia captures two Ukrainian cities
While North Korean soldiers are reportedly heading to the front, Russia is still attacking at pace and taking two more Ukrainian cities.
While North Korean soldiers are reportedly heading to the front, Russia is still attacking at pace and taking two more Ukrainian cities.
Attacks in Ukraine have forced Russia's Black Sea Fleet to withdraw warships from the Sevastopol naval base on the Crimean peninsula.
Russia says it attacked a concentration of Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk border region with a series of glide bombs.
A Russian warplane has been shot down in Donetsk province, Ukrainian forces say, while Russian authorities say their troops have taken control of a village.
Pro-Russian military bloggers report that Russian forces have launched a large-scale counteroffensive in the Kursk region to expel Ukrainian troops.
As President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to present his peace plan to his US counterpart Joe Biden, Russia continues its air strikes on Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials said Russian forces fired a barrage of missiles and drones while a nuclear regulator was scheduled to visit a Russian nuclear power plant.
Moscow said its forces had stopped Kiev's advance in the Kursk region while Ukraine was trying to regroup.
Ukrainian MPs have voted overwhelmingly to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which the government accuses of supporting the Russian invasion of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country's armed forces were “achieving their goals” as more Russian soldiers were captured in Kursk.