Russian missiles killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson during fighting in eastern Donetsk region, where Russia has again bombed the key city of Vugledar, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine faced a difficult situation in Donetsk and needed faster arms and new types of weapons, just days after allies agreed to supply Kiev with heavy battle tanks.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 341:

07:27Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a BBC documentary that before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a telephone conversation, bbc.com reports.

01:40Volodymyr Zelensky again criticized the International Olympic Committee for analyzing options for the return of Russian athletes to international competitions.

“This is an attempt to tell the world that terror can be acceptable,” he said in a speech on Sunday night.

Zelensky noted that he wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron about this problem in the context of the fact that the French will host the next Olympic Games.

00:00Volodymyr Zelenskyi in a video message on Sunday evening: Despite numerous casualties, the enemy maintains a high intensity of attacks / Let time be our weapon

The President of Ukraine says that the intensity of Russia’s attacks is not decreasing, although the losses of the Russian army are numerous. Zelensky says that Ukraine should make weapons in time, in the context in which the Russians want to continue the war.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Russia has accused the Ukrainian military of a deliberate strike on a hospital in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. 14 people died, 24 patients and medical personnel were injured. There was no immediate response to the accusations from Ukraine.
• In Kyiv, several people tearfully honored the memory of British volunteer Andrew Bagshaw, who died during a rescue operation in the city of Soledar in eastern Ukraine.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, although he does not have a scheduled phone conversation with him, a Kremlin spokesman said. Scholz, who last week approved the delivery of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, said he would speak with Putin again, but that it was the Russian leader’s duty to withdraw troops from Ukraine “to end this terrible and senseless war.”
• Given the fact that the United States has decided to supply tanks to Ukraine, it makes no sense for Russia to talk to Kyiv or its “Western puppets”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Ryabkov said on Monday, RIA quoted the agency.
• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said on Sunday that allowing Russia to participate in the 2024 Paris Games was tantamount to showing that “terror is somehow acceptable.”
• Russia has said it will not hold annual talks with Japan to renew an agreement that allows Japanese fishermen to work near disputed islands, saying Japan has taken anti-Russian measures.
• Ukraine and its allies are discussing Kyiv’s demands for long-range missiles, which it believes are necessary to prevent Russia from destroying its cities, a senior adviser to President Zelensky said.
• German arms maker Rheinmetall intends to significantly increase production of tank and artillery ammunition to meet strong demand from Ukraine and the West, and may begin production of HIMARS multiple-launch missile systems in Germany, CEO Armin Papperger told Reuters.
• Several countries have promised Ukraine 321 heavy tanks, its ambassador to France said.
• Poland will send Ukraine another 60 tanks, in addition to the promised 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks, the Polish Prime Minister said in an interview with Canadian television.

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