Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 15 of 18 missiles fired by Russian forces early Monday, the military said, after air raid sirens sounded across the country for more than three hours.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 432, TEXT:

07:53 Pope Francis says the Vatican is involved in a secret mission regarding the peace plan in Ukraine: “We didn’t talk about Red Riding Hood in these meetings”

07:16New Russian missile strike, air alert throughout Ukraine / The authorities of Kyiv claim that all missiles and drones in the area of ​​the capital have been shot down

A brief summary of recent events:

• On Sunday, Ukraine said its troops were holding on to parts of the eastern city of Bakhmut, and Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops had advanced 100-150 meters deep into Bakhmut, leaving just under 3 square kilometers of the city in Ukrainian hands.
• A drone strike sparked a fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky before it could be extinguished, the city’s Russian-appointed governor said. The fire is preparation for the active actions of the Ukrainian army, the spokeswoman of the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported
• In an interview, Zelenskyi said that he had weapons and would have fought to the death with his inner circle if the Russians had stormed his headquarters in Kyiv at the beginning of the war.
• French President Emmanuel Macron and the Ukrainian president spoke by phone on Sunday and discussed Ukraine’s military needs, both sides said.
• The International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is “excessive and discriminatory,” the Russian Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission has argued.
• On Saturday, Russia vowed a tough response to what Poland called the illegal takeover of its embassy school in Warsaw. Russia sees no point in maintaining diplomatic relations with Poland while anti-Russian forces remain in power, Dmitry Medvedev said.
• Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said we should not be “too restrictive” when it comes to finding a solution to end the war with Russia
• Dividends of up to $400 million to four Indian companies for their stakes in Russian oil assets have been blocked due to payment problems caused by Western sanctions, a government source told Reuters on Saturday.
• Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said the Ukrainian counteroffensive could turn into a “tragedy” for Russia, saying his fighters had run out of ammunition.
• The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, held a meeting with the Supreme Commander of the NATO Joint Forces in Europe, General Christopher Kavoli, to discuss possible battle scenarios.
• Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said his country had already paid an “extremely high price” for the war in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Hungary’s behavior as a NATO country as “inadequate”.
• Russia will use missiles made last fall or winter to strike Ukraine, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said Saturday.
• Poland is installing a barrier on the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and a “security perimeter,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

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• Sunday’s events were live here on HotNews.ro