Ukraine attacked the occupied Melitopol, a strategically located city in the southeast of the country. The Russian administration said the missile attack killed two people and wounded 10 others, while the exiled mayor said dozens of “occupiers” had been killed.

War in Ukraine – Ukrainian troops fire from 2C3 Acacia self-propelled guns.Photo: Justin Yau / ddp USA / Profimedia Images

Sunday morning’s recap of recent events:

  • Russian troops destroyed the city of Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said, and the Ukrainian military reported rocket fire in several regions of the country.
  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern that the fighting in Ukraine could get out of control and turn into a war between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance, the Associated Press reports.
  • Iran’s support for Russia’s military could increase in the coming months, with Moscow likely to provide Tehran with an “unprecedented” level of military support, according to the latest assessment by the UK Ministry of Defence.
  • The Ukrainian military shot down 10 out of 15 Iranian-made Shahed-136 and Shahed-131 drones over the cities of Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa on the night from Friday to Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Force reports, citing The Kyiv Independent.
  • More than 1.5 million people in the Odesa region are without power after a Russian drone hit the power system, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message on Saturday.
  • Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureates, while receiving the prestigious award on Saturday in Oslo, in unison condemned the “crazy and murderous” war unleashed in Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • Arms dealer Viktor Bout’s testimony of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and Putin
  • Ukrainian troops struck a Russian base in the zone of temporary occupation in the Zaporizhzhia region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday, Kyiv Independent reports. According to the General Staff, up to 150 Russian soldiers were injured in the occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region, 50 soldiers were taken to the hospital.

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