Ukrainian Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara has inspected Air Force command posts in Kyiv Oblast to discuss the layered air defence of the capital.

Russian guided bombs struck a school and residential area in Sumy, killing two people; around 40 pupils were sheltering when the school was hit.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced an agreement with Belgium for the accelerated transfer of three F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of the year.

A Russian military aircraft, preliminarily identified as a Tu-95 strategic bomber, has crashed in Russia's Amur Oblast, reportedly killing up to 7 crew members.

The Atlantic reports that Donald Trump has backed envoy John Coale's strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for the release of political prisoners.

Police bomb disposal teams have neutralised the warheads of two ballistic missiles that fell in residential areas of Kyiv but failed to detonate during a Russian attack.

Polish PM Donald Tusk has warned of difficult months ahead as Russian attacks near the border with Ukraine become increasingly frequent.

Two officials from the Russian occupation administration in Donetsk have been served with a notice of suspicion in absentia in Ukraine for orchestrating the deportation of 31 Ukrainian children under the guise of medical treatment. Most of the children taken to Russia are still there.

Mykhailo Tkach, head of Ukrainska Pravda's investigative journalism department, has received the Free Media Award in Oslo for fearless investigative journalism.

Hungary continues to block Ukraine's progress in EU accession talks by refusing to approve the screening results for Clusters 2 and 3.

The European Commission has called the humanitarian situation in occupied Oleshky "unacceptable" and is seeking access with its international partners.

The European Commission will propose changes to EU decision-making rules that could limit national vetoes and speed up the accession process for Ukraine and other candidate countries