Our website uses cookies to provide your browsing experience and relevant information. Before continuing to use our website, you agree & accept our Cookie Policy & Privacy.
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are being driven out of villages near the major northeastern city. Meanwhile, Ukrainian soldiers are expected to begin howitzer training in Germany. DW has the latest.
Ukraine says Russians being pushed back near Kharkiv
US House passes fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package
Ukrainians mourn first post-Soviet President Leonid Kravchuk
This article was last updated at 06:46 UTC/GMT
Fight continues on Snake Island — UK Defense Ministry
Britain's defense ministry said in an intelligence update on Twitter that fighting continues between Russian and Ukrainian forces on Snake Island, which lies off the coast of Ukraine's southwestern Odesa region.
"If Russia consolidates its position on Zmiinyi Island with strategic air defence and coastal defence cruise missiles, they could dominate the north-western Black Sea," the ministry said.
According to the intelligence update, Ukraine has struck Russian air defenses and resupply vessels with Bayraktar drones. "Russia’s resupply vessels have minimum protection in the western Black Sea, following the Russian Navy’s retreat to Crimea after the loss of the Moskva," Britain's defense ministry said.