Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned the US decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, saying it was aimed at prolonging the war, reports Al Jazeera.
Russia wants NATO to discuss Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week, accusing Kyiv of causing “systematic infliction of damage” to the site.
NATO leaders will meet in Vilnius – some 1,000km (621 miles) from Europe’s largest nuclear plant – on July 11-12 to discuss Ukraine’s membership bid and Sweden’s accession.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hails a “brave” Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia’s invasion as the toll mounts with eight deaths reported in a Russian rocket fire.
Zelenskyy brings home from Turkey five former commanders of Ukraine’s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic move that Russia says violates last year’s prisoner exchange deal.
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