As Russia intensifies efforts to retake land in the region that it had previously taken and lost during the conflict, Ukrainian officials ordered the evacuation of approximately 12,000 inhabitants from 37 towns and villages close to the northeastern battle line in the Kupiansk region. In the vicinity of Kupiansk, where Kiev has claimed an increase in Russian strikes, the Russian army reported better placement of their hit soldiers.
According to Ukrainian military authorities, fierce fighting is taking place close to Kupiansk.The foreign minister of Ukraine downplayed the danger that its sluggish counteroffensive against Russian soldiers may weaken Western military assistance and push Kyiv into talks with Moscow.
In the Bryansk border area of Russia, a person was killed by Ukrainian shelling and at least two others were injured. Russian-appointed authorities said on Telegram that a civilian was also killed in an attack by the Ukrainian military on the Russian-controlled town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied Ukraine lost connection to its last primary external power source overnight and was moved to a backup line, according to state power company Energoatom.
In the western Rivne area of Ukraine, a gasoline storage was damaged by a Russian airstrike.
Russia claimed to have shot down 13 Ukrainian drones that were attempting to strike both Moscow and the biggest city in the Crimean peninsula that it has occupied.
President Joe Biden of the United States stated that he will submit a request to Congress for an extra $40 billion in funding, including $24 billion for the conflict in Ukraine and other international requirements associated with the battle against Russia.
Olaf Scholz, the chancellor of Germany, promised to provide military assistance to Kiev but added that his country will behave "responsibly" to prevent a conflict between NATO and Russia.
According to Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, the discussions last weekend to halt Russia's war against Ukraine were held in Saudi Arabia and were a "breakthrough" for Kyiv internationally. China, India, Brazil, the United States, and other European nations, but not Russia, sent representatives to the discussions, which were considered as an effort by Kiev to forge.
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