US announces $820 million in Ukraine aid, including missile systems. Russian diplomats depart Bulgaria amid soaring tensions. Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russian city.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local separatist militia "have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” a ministry statement said.
Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol on Sunday and “took it out of action,” says city’s exiled mayor.
We'll be with you on "long road" to EU membership, president of the European Commission tells Ukraine. Europe said to be ready for Baltics emergency switch-off from Russian grid.
Israel Hayom travels to Kyiv as part of a delegation of ex-IDF commanders who has traveled to the battered country for the fifth time since the beginning of the war to provide food, medicine and necessities to refugees.
"So far, only one thing is clear: We have neither the time nor the money to develop these [missile defense] systems on our own because the missile threat is known to already be there," says Germany's chief of defense Eberhard Zorn.
NATO bolsters its eastern flank and deems Moscow its "most significant and direct threat." US to boost military presence in Europe. Zelenskyy cuts ties with Syria for recognizing breakaway regions. Russian troops fight to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold.
President Zelenskyy says Russia has become a terrorist state and calls for it to be expelled from the United Nations. France's Macron denounces mall strike that killed at least 18 people. Bulgaria to expel 70 Russian diplomats designated "a threat to national security."
NATO to boost the number of its troops on high alert by more than sevenfold to over 300,000. G7 pledges Ukraine support following deadly Russian attack on shopping mall.
G7 leaders announce new bans on imports of Russian gold, the latest in a series of sanctions the countries hope will further isolate Russia economically. Allies further weigh price caps on energy to limit Russian oil and gas profits that Moscow can pump into its war effort.
