As many as 238 Ukrainian artists and 119 media workers, including foreigners, have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.

The Central Bank of Russia has for the first time begun direct sales of gold from its reserves on the domestic market, opening access to the metal for banks, state-owned companies, and certain investment structures.

In Kherson region, a resident of the village of Dudchany was notified in absentia of suspicion of collaboration for participating in an occupation election commission that prepared an illegal referendum.

Based on the evidence gathered by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a Russian FSB agent who attempted to get a job at the Defense Work Department of the Sumy Regional Military Administration (RMA) was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The Russian president accuses Kyiv of wanting to fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he says Russia is also "in principle" ready to do.

Soldiers with the 57th Otaman Kost Hordiienko Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who are defending the area near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, have shown what the city – devastated by Russian invaders – looks like today.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Lytvynenko as Ukraine’s ambassador to Serbia.

Two people were injured after Russian drones attacked the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson.

Russia is not seeking territory but the subjugation of Ukraine. Therefore, strengthening defense is the main task for both Ukraine and its partners, as outcomes in diplomacy depend on strength on the battlefield.