Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the “historic” supply of F-16 aircraft by the Netherlands and Denmark which is expected to bolster Kyiv's counteroffensive against Moscow, CNN reported on Sunday.
At least seven people including a six-year-old girl died and 90 others were injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said, CNN reported.
Russian forces launched a drone attack and damaged a port on the Danube River in Ukraine's southern Odesa region overnight, a Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.
The United States (US) government on Monday announced security assistance of USD 200 million to aid Ukraine as it continues to defend its territory and protect its people.
"The Russian Navy grossly violated the UN Charter, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and other norms of international law," the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday.
Notably, Kupyansk was one of several cities and towns that were taken back by Kyiv last September, but in recent weeks Russia has stepped up its efforts to capture the city for a second time.
"Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire in the outbuilding. The police conducted door-to-door checks of the residential buildings. No one was found dead or injured. People who are injured were outside at the time of a strike," he added.