The death toll continues to rise and hundreds are missing, as firefighters struggle to put out the fire.

Russian forces carried out attacks on Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damaging an industrial enterprise, shops, a gas station, and residential buildings.

The Russian Federation is expected to lose $30 billion in oil and gas revenue this year and could lose around $50 billion next year.

During a visit to Kherson, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal received a briefing from the head of the State Special Transport Service on the installation of anti-drone defenses along the region’s roads.

President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braze, the Order of Merit, II degree.

The Russification of sovereign Ukrainian regions as historical territories of the Russian state underscores the openly imperialist nature of Russia’s ongoing attempts to subjugate Ukraine.

In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces executed five Ukrainian defenders who had been taken prisoner and were unable to resist.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that negotiations on a peace plan for Ukraine are progressing at a rapid pace and that continued support for Ukraine is essential.

The member states of the Civil Protection Shelter Coalition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine have announced their new contributions totaling more than EUR 22 million for the construction of shelters in Ukraine.

Dozens of people have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for after Wednesday’s blaze.