War

Russian offensive near Bakhmut nears its culmination without significant results - ISW

Ukrainian Armed Forces recently launched a successful counterattack to the west of the city

SBU detects and neutralises CPSU cells in Kyiv and 6 oblasts

"Activists" were to call for support for the russian occupiers, collect intelligence, and prepare sabotage

Occupiers threaten residents of Kherson Oblast with imprisonment for not having a russian passport

Residents' documents may be checked, in particular, at checkpoints

Ukrainian defenders destroyed 2 air defence systems, 5 tanks, and 9 enemy artillery systems over the day

The aggressor's army has been reduced by another 700 occupiers

Short corridor: Grain deal extended for 120 days, but de facto for half of this period

Extension of the Istanbul agreement allowing Ukraine to export agricultural goods left uncertainty over its duration

Invaders hit a residential building in Zaporizhzhia with Grad missiles, there are casualties

It is known about 3 dead and 2 injured

Occupiers shelled a residential building in Kherson Oblast

One woman was rescued from the rubble and hospitalised

russians cannot complete the operation on capturing Bakhmut

The occupiers continue to carry out intense attacks, but suffer huge losses

NATO considers deploying around 300,000 troops on the border with russia – media

Alliance intends to stop russia if it decides to expand the war beyond Ukraine

Message from The Hague: putin's arrest warrant could be the war’s turning point. What did the West want to convey and to whom?

And how did similar cases end for other bellicose rulers?