Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in St Petersburg, as the funeral for renowned Ukrainian pilot 'Juice' was held in Kyiv; Russia has been 'degrading' its elite units by relying on them for critical defensive and offensive operations; as Ukraine says it's taken a key town.
There has been a series of explosions in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, according to the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko. Russia says Ukraine has targeted six regions with drones. Most were intercepted say officials, however the Tass news agency said four II-78 military transport aircraft were damaged in a strike on Pskov airport.Russia's military has claimed one of its aircraft destroyed four rapid Ukrainian vessels carrying paratroopers in an operation on the Black Sea.
"We jokingly call the Novodanylivka-Robotyne-Verbove area the 'triangle of errors' because no one understands who is where, because there is no solid line of defense, nor contact line... complete chaos," a soldier told CNN. They braved the dangerous waterway - which separates Ukrainian and Russian troops to"lift the spirit of people under occupation" before returning to relative safety, Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesperson for the southern command, told the news site.X-Factor contestant 'killed on frontline'
He trained with the Airborne Assault Troops at the Odessa Military Academy before joining the army, said Energodar mayor Dmytro Orlov on social media. His death was also reported by the military boarding school, Zaporizhsky Regional Lyceum, where Mr Orlov said the soldier attended. Surgeons from the UK's Defence Medical Services and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine have been sharing their expertise at Royal Victoria Infirmary, before further training begins in Birmingham.
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