Ukraine
Russia targets Ukraine's main port of Odesa hours after grain export deal agreed
"The enemy attacked the Odesa sea trade port with Kalibr cruise missiles," Ukraine's Operational Command South wrote on Telegram app, raising new doubts about the viability of the deal which was intended to release some 20 million tonnes of grain to ward of famine in large parts of the developing world, The Guardian reported.
Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine
The Syrian foreign ministry made the declaration, saying that Ukraine has taken aggressive stance towards Syria since 2018, Xinhua news agency reported.
Mystery as Russian soldiers killed in 'unexplained incident' at Ukrainian nuclear power plant
Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of Enerhodar where the station is based, said the troops were "so scared that they ran around in a panic", with some now in intensive care in hospital, Daily Mail reported. The cause of the sudden hysteria is not known, although Russian President Vladimir Putin's men had been using the power plant to store many of their weapons, including missile systems.
Ukraine war: Zelenskyy suspends security chief, top prosecutor
President Zelenskyy on Sunday suspended Ivan Bakanov and Iryna Venediktova. However, the officials are yet to comment on their suspension. Over 60 former employees were now working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied areas, BBC reported quoting the Ukrainian President. "Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state pose very serious questions to the relevant heads (of the two organisations)," President Zelenskyy said in a video address late Sunday night.
Russian civil society will remain crippled for generations, says Zelenskyy
"There are no such words in normal human language that can describe the condition to which the Russian state has degraded. It is a double crime - to destroy pedagogical universities so that there won't be educational institutions and new educators cannot be trained... But let the terrorists not hope that it will give them anything," Ukrainska Pravda quoted President Zelenskyy as saying.
Ukraine joins NATO's programme of technological cooperation
According to the ministry, the associate membership in the MIP gives Ukraine a right to join the development and introduction of key NATO standards related to the interaction of combat control systems and related practices, Xinhua news agency reported. The MIP is a program of technological cooperation between the Armed Forces of NATO member states, which was established at the level of national developers of combat control information systems and aims to achieve interoperability of national C2IS systems.
Ukraine plans a 'million-strong army' with Nato weapons to retake south
However, the comments are more of a rallying cry than a concrete plan, analysts say. The Defence Minister's remarks come as Russia makes progress in taking territory in the eastern Donbas region. An attack on a block of flats on Sunday killed at least 24 people - with nine people rescued from under the rubble, Ukraine's state emergency services said.
About 1 million people defending Ukraine: Defence Minister
Ukraine is interested in attracting more investment in its military-industrial complex and creating joint ventures with partners to meet the needs of the defence forces, the Minister said. Due to the war which began on February 24, Ukraine has become a kind of "huge training facility" where new types of weapons and innovative solutions are used, Reznikov noted.
Kiev says Ukraine's military operation in Lugansk region 'successful'
"The defense of the Lysychansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration is a successful military operation," Arestovych wrote on Facebook. He added that Ukraine has performed all four key tasks of the defensive operation, including interdicting key enemy forces, inflicting losses on the enemy forces, buying time for receiving weapons and creating conditions for offensive operations in other sectors of the frontline.
Ukraine confirms fall of Lysychansk city to Russia
Lysychansk's fall came a week after its twin city Severodonetsk was captured by the Russian forces on June 25. Capture of the two cities means Russia now controls nearly all of Luhansk region and much of neighbouring Donetsk, the two Russian-backed separatist regions that form the industrial Donbas. Lysychansk and Severodonetsk were the last remaining Ukrainian positions in Luhansk.
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