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Six people killed in Russian attack
Six people have been killed in a Russian attack on a small town in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a Ukrainian official has said.
A further eight people have been injured, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Infrastructure, a shop and residential buildings in Vilniansk have also been damaged, he added.
The strike comes after five people were killed in the Kursk region of Russian due to a Ukrainian drone attack.
Two young children were also injured in the strike on the village of Gorodishche, around 73 miles (118km) from the Ukrainian border, Kursk governor Alexey Smirnov said.
Two other people were injured and were in a "serious condition" in hospital, he added.
Zelenskyy meets man freed from Russian captivity
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met one of the men released from Russian captivity earlier today.
The Ukrainian president met Nariman Dzhelyal who was successfully returned home after three years in captivity.
"We will bring security to all our people and peace to Ukraine. I thank everyone who is helping. I thank Nariman for this meeting and for his strength," Mr Zelenskyy said.
Mr Dzhelyal was detained in Crimea in 2021 while serving as the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.
During his imprisonment, he sent several letters, Mr Zelenskyy said.
He added that in one of them he wrote: "We are fighting not only for the integrity of our territories but also for the unity of our society, our beautiful, strong nation."
US to send Ukraine air defence missiles in $150m aid package
US officials told Reuters news agency late last night that the Biden administration would provide Ukraine with $150m (£118.6m)worth of weapons andammunition, including HAWK air defence interceptors and 155millimetre artillery munitions.
The weapons aid package is expected be unveiled on Monday, the officials said.
Ukraine has urgently requested air defence support as Russia has pounded its energy facilities in recent weeks via aerial attacks.
The US began shipping HAWK interceptor missiles to Ukrainein 2022 as an upgrade to the shoulder-launched Stinger airdefence missile systems - a smaller, shorter-range system.
The support package will include other munitionsand equipment to support Ukraine's defence needs, the officials added.
The US has provided Ukraine with more than $50bn (£39.5bn) in military aid since 2022.
Freed Ukrainians held captive by Russia reunite with loved ones
We reported earlier on the 10 Ukrainian civilians who were released from Russian captivity earlier today after years of imprisonment (see 8.49am post).
Watch them reunite with their loved ones in Kyiv's international airport in newly released footage.
More than 30 Russian military aircraft 'destroyed by Ukraine', report says
A report by the Ukrainian military's centre for strategic communications has found that the country's forces have damaged or destroyed more than 30 Russian military aircraft in the first six months of 2024.
Most of the strikes against the aircraft have taken place in occupied Ukraine except for a handful of strikes over the Sea of Azov and within Russia, the centre said, as reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The centre did not specify what portion of these Ukrainian strikes were air defence interceptions of Russian aircraft in flight and what percentage were strikes against Russian aircraft at airfields.
The ISW said they were unable to verify the report.
But it said the downing of Russian aircraft, especially critical aircraft like the A-50 and Il-22, has temporarily constrained Russian aviation activities over occupied Ukraine, but added Ukrainian forces "have yet to be able to significantly attempt to contest the air domain".
Ukraine has lost 80% of thermal power and one third of hydroelectric power in Russian strikes, Zelenskyy says
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that Russian strikes have resulted in Ukraine losing around 80% of its thermal power and one third of its hydroelectric power.
Discussing the attack in Dnipro, Mr Zelenskyy said it was a reminder to Ukraine's allies that the country needed more air defence systems.
He said: "This is why we constantly remind all of our partners: only a sufficient amount of high quality of air defence systems, only a sufficient amount of determination from the world at large can stop Russian terror."
Kyivhas also struck back at Russia with its own attacks, which also often target energy infrastructure.
Belarus deploys additional air defence forces to Ukraine border
Belarushas deployed additional airdefence forces to its border with Ukraine to protect "criticalinfrastructure facilities" due to increased Ukrainian droneactivity, a Belarusian military commander has said.
Belarus, an ally of Russia, saidearlier this week it had shot down a quadcopter that hadillegally crossed the border from Ukraine "to collectinformation about the Belarusian border infrastructure".
The situation in the airspace over the border remains tense,Andrei Severinchik, commander of the Belarusian Air DefenceForces, said.
"We are ready to decisively use all available forces andmeans to protect our territory and the population of theRepublic of Belarus from possible provocations in the airspace,"he said.
Belarus' defence ministry said earlier today it hadinformation showing Ukraine had been moving more troops, weaponsand military equipment to the northern Zhytomyr region, whichborders Belarus.
There was no immediate response from Ukraine.
Anti-war Russian elites 'shifting to support war effort'
Russian elites and oligarchs have reportedly moved from criticising the country's war effort in Ukraine to supporting it, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has reported.
Mikhail Zygar, the founder of the Russian opposition television channel TV Rain, reported that many elites who were opposed to the war in 2022 started to support the war in 2023 because they "believe Russia is prevailing".
Mr Zygar said these people made this assessment due to Russia's slow but steady battlefield gains, a persisting Ukrainian munitions disadvantage, and perceived "waning" Western security assistance to Ukraine.
One anonymous Russian oligarch who previously criticised the war reportedly told Mr Zygar that Russia must win the war otherwise "they won't allow us to live... and Russia would collapse".
The ISW said it cannot independently verify Mr Zygar's reporting but it is consistent with the institute's assessment that this section of Russian society came to heel behind Vladimir Putin in support of the war after his government intensified crackdowns against elites in the wake of the 2022 invasion.
Where is Russia advancing on the frontline?
As Russia announces it has captured a second village in 24 hours (see 12.26pm post), let's take a look at where Russia has advanced along the frontline with Ukraine.
As well as pockets of advances on the border north of Kharkiv, Russia appears to have captured areas along the length of the front, from the Donetsk region right up to the western edge of Luhansk.
