EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova stressed the importance of today’s decision by the EU Council to immobilize Russian assets without a specific deadline, including because it may contribute to the adoption of a decision on a reparations loan for Ukraine.

Information about the alleged capture of Novodanylivka in the Zaporizhzhia region by Russian forces does not correspond to reality.

A videoconference in the format of national security advisers, with the participation of Ukraine, the United States, and European partners, was held to discuss further steps in working on the peace plan.

Farmers have staged protests in several parts of France in recent days after vets culled a herd suffering from the disease.

Russian forces attacked with FPV drones and shelled the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, damaging an enterprise, an educational institution, and residential buildings.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed a strike on the Yaroslavl oil refinery Slavneft-YANOS in Russia, as well as several targets on temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Ground Forces need to strengthen three key areas: personnel recruitment, training, and technology.

President Volodymyr Zelensky received reports from Head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, noting that efforts to end the war and define security guarantees for Ukraine are progressing in three directions.

The women’s rights activist, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was arrested by Iranian security services at a memorial, her supporters say.

Eritrea says it has been targetted by Igad and that the bloc is failing its founding principles.