Netherland MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen and Michiel Hoogeveen condemn the European Parliament for criticizing Israel for settlements deemed illegal while not making such legal claims against any other nation in the world.
An official in Prime Minister Yair Lapid's delegation to Paris says there is nothing standing in the way of a future meeting between Lapid and Russian President Vladimir Putin, "despite the deep divisions with Russia over the war."
"This is truly a historic moment for Finland, for Sweden and for NATO," says secretary general of the military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg. Russia's rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province come at a steep price.
US announces $820 million in Ukraine aid, including missile systems. Russian diplomats depart Bulgaria amid soaring tensions. Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russian city.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local separatist militia "have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” a ministry statement said.
Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol on Sunday and “took it out of action,” says city’s exiled mayor.
We'll be with you on "long road" to EU membership, president of the European Commission tells Ukraine. Europe said to be ready for Baltics emergency switch-off from Russian grid.
Israel Hayom travels to Kyiv as part of a delegation of ex-IDF commanders who has traveled to the battered country for the fifth time since the beginning of the war to provide food, medicine and necessities to refugees.
"So far, only one thing is clear: We have neither the time nor the money to develop these [missile defense] systems on our own because the missile threat is known to already be there," says Germany's chief of defense Eberhard Zorn.
NATO bolsters its eastern flank and deems Moscow its "most significant and direct threat." US to boost military presence in Europe. Zelenskyy cuts ties with Syria for recognizing breakaway regions. Russian troops fight to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold.