Several Ukrainian military officials said Kyiv forces had made progress on the southern front in Zaporizhzhia region, including a “partial success” in Robotyn, a village with a key strategic position.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 536, LIVETEXT:

09:03 Anti-aircraft systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle launched by Ukraine over the Belgorod region on Sunday morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

“There are no casualties or damage,” the ministry said on Telegram, adding that the attack happened around 4 a.m. (Reuters).

08:46 The drama of Ukraine: the only good option is impossible. Nothing predicted the stagnation that has been observed on the front lines for more than two months.

08:29 Germany delivered two more Patriot launchers to Ukraine

07:58 ​Ukrainian military officials said Kyiv forces advanced in the south, seizing unspecified territory and claiming partial success near the key village of Robotyne.

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A brief summary of recent events:

• Ukrainian forces attacked the Crimean Bridge and a number of other unspecified targets on the Crimean peninsula in a series of missile and drone strikes on Saturday, but there were no casualties or damage, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Russia threatened revenge for the attack on the Kerch bridge.
• Ukrainian troops have made significant tactical progress in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region amid continued counteroffensive actions on at least three areas of the front, reports the Institute for the Study of War.
• Ukraine, which is trying to establish safe sea lanes in the Black Sea, has begun registering vessels that want to use the “humanitarian corridor” it announced earlier this week.
• The grain harvest in Ukraine this year exceeds expectations and may be 5 percent higher than in 2022 thanks to favorable weather, said a senior official of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy in Kyiv.
• Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemned the Russian elite for corruption within its ranks, expressing his hatred for those who missed a historic opportunity to reform society after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
• The Crimean court fined three women for dancing to the song of Ukrainian artist Verka Serdyuchka.
• Counterintelligence officers of the SBU destroyed the rare Terminator combat vehicle, which the Russians are proud of, with kamikaze drones.
• In Poland, the police seized stickers that were allegedly aimed at recruiting Wagner’s mercenaries to the Russian group.
• From September, students in Russia will receive new textbooks. An updated history book was presented in Moscow, in which the war in Ukraine and the hatred of the whole world towards Russia are presented as propaganda.
• Oleksandr Dudka, a collaborator whom Moscow installed as a leader in the village of Lazurne in the Russian-occupied part of Kherson Oblast, appears on video telling residents that they will not receive drugs such as insulin or humanitarian aid unless they apply for Russian passports.

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• Saturday’s events regarding Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro