Russian invaders launched a drone attack on the city of Dnipro on Thursday evening, leaving four people injured.

In the first ruling of its kind, Dmitry Kurashov was found guilty of killing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered.

Reports claiming that Russian forces have captured territory in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions are false, although the situation in some areas remains tense.

Vice Adm Tryfon Kontizas is one of four senior coastguard figures to face manslaughter charges over the 2023 disaster.

The judge said he did not believe the decision was in the public interest but he did not have authority to deny the request.

Special forces from the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) continue systematically destroying Russian invaders in the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, and its outskirts.

The group issued the statement after an 18-month siege of the city of el-Fasher in the western Darfur region.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held talks with the leadership of Sweden’s Saab, the manufacturer of Gripen fighter jets, to discuss next steps in the delivery of the aircraft to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov discussed energy cooperation, security in the Black Sea region, and proposed launching joint weapons production.

The US leader has repeatedly accused South Africa of persecuting its white minority - which Pretoria denies.