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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Biden says G-7 will ban Russian ... (The Washington Post)

Moscow is closing in on the city of Lysychansk. Kyiv's mayor reported several explosions.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. “No Russian missiles, no strikes can break the morale of Ukrainians,” Zelensky said during his nightly address, vowing to liberate every Ukrainian city occupied by Russia. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces.

Explosions shake Kyiv's centre as Sievierodonetsk falls to Russian ... (ABC News)

Four explosions are heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as Russian forces seize full occupation of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, ...

In the north the governor of the Zhytomyr region said strikes on a military target killed at least one soldier. The fall of Sievierodonetsk — once home to more than 100,000 people, now a wasteland — was Russia's biggest victory since capturing the port of Mariupol last month. Throughout whole Ukraine," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter. "Forty-eight cruise missiles. Moscow says Luhansk and Donetsk, where it has backed uprisings since 2014, are independent countries. Ukraine called its retreat from the city a "tactical withdrawal" to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river.

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Erdogan to meet leaders of Sweden ... (Republic World)

The Russia-Ukraine war has entered day 124 with a barrage of missile attacks on Kyiv, the first time in three weeks. The random strikes destroyed a ...

Among the injured was a Russian resident, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post. The fire broke out on a total area of 300 square meters, Ukrainian State Emergency Service said in a statement. In a major escalatory step, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to send Iskander-M and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to Belarus. At least one person was reported dead after a massive fire broke out in a nine-story residential building on Sunday. The apartment was struck by a barrage of Russian air strikes for the first time in three weeks. Nearly a week after the Biden administration announced an additional $450 million in military assistance for Ukraine, it will purchase an advanced, medium-to-long range surface-to-air missile defence system for the war-torn nation. According to the department, the Russian head has been deliberately blocking the way by using his propaganda machine to deflect or distort responsibility. But you aren’t slaves and can decide your destiny yourself,” Zelensky said in a video address. Earlier last month, President Joe Biden had also announced an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine. It included shipments of additional howitzers, ammunition and coastal defence systems. It said Russia's attack on Kyiv is “likely to coincide” with ongoing talks by G7 leaders about aid to Ukraine, like during UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' visit to Kyiv on April 29. In his first foreign trip since the Russia Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week. The US Department of State has again accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of blocking food grains from being shipped from the Ukrainian ports. Kyiv Independent stated that the war has left 84 communities without electricity, 108 without gas in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 124 of the invasion (The Guardian)

G7 leaders to address Ukrainian grain crisis at summit on Monday as Russia renews attacks on Kyiv.

The platform is operated by Chernomorneftegaz, which Russian-backed officials seized from Ukraine’s national gas operator Naftogaz as part of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula in 2014. But you aren’t slaves and can decide your destiny yourself,” Zelenskiy said in a video address to Belarusians. The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, will use Monday’s session at the G7 summit in Germany tocall for urgent action to help get vital grain supplies out of Ukraine’s blockaded portsto support the country’s economy and alleviate shortages around the world, PA reports.

Ukraine: Russian warplanes pound Kyiv after weeks of calm (Aljazeera.com)

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says missiles hit at least two residential buildings, killing one person.

“We have to stay together because Putin has been counting on from the beginning that somehow NATO and the G7 would splinter. The leaders were set to announce new bans on imports of Russian gold, the latest in a series of sanctions the club of democracies hopes will further isolate Russia economically. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Klitschko said the missile fire on Kyiv was a “symbolic attack” in the run-up to a NATO summit set to take place on Tuesday. Now they’re trying to rescue her mother.” “She is alive. Klitschko added the air strikes were reminiscent of ones that took place during the late April visit of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who went on to describe the conflict as a “senseless war”.

G7 summit: Russian missiles hit Kyiv as summit begins in Europe ... (CNN)

Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a series of missile attacks Sunday, as leaders of the G7 nations gather in Germany for the first day of ...

Everybody here understands that," Johnson said in an interview on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Germany. Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said on Ukrainian television that there are "a number of military infrastructure facilities located in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital. However, Ukrainian forces continue to defend the neighboring city of Lysychansk, which is coming under growing Russian artillery and rocket attacks. Enemy artillery is already reaching certain parts of Sloviansk. This is another confirmation that people should evacuate." He added that on Saturday, Russia had used Tu22M3 long-range bombers from the airspace of Belarus for the first time in a Ukrainian air strike. It's unclear exactly which locations Shoigu visited and whether they were inside Ukraine. They are attacking areas of Donetsk from three directions. "There are people are trapped under the rubble. Avdiivka had also been hit by rockets, he said. Rescuers are continuing their work," he said. Why do we deserve this?" "There is nothing worse than losing loved ones.