Comments made after Russia raises the issue of an ammonia leak in Ukraine – blaming "Ukrainian radical nationalist groups" – during a closed-door UN Security Council meeting. Moscow's G20 membership under fire from US and allies. Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Dmitry Muratov to auction off medal to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.
US assesses Russia has lost some 10% of its overall combat capability since start of Ukraine war, while Russian news outlets claim 10,000 Russian troops have been killed, a number the US calls "reasonable."
Ukraine retakes the strategically important suburb of Makariv, allowing its forces to retake control of a key highway and block Russian troops from surrounding Kyiv from the northwest.
Israeli-Ukrainian citizen taken by Russian forces released, Foreign Ministry reports. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden says "Putin's back is against the wall."
The visit is part of Israel's efforts to facilitate mass aliyah of Ukrainian Jews fleeing the Russian invasion. Looking at oil sanctions is "unavoidable" given the revenue the energy sector generates for Russia, Lithuanian FM says.
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty has only been invoked once, in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on the United States. NATO now fears that invoking it again risks a third world war.
"Everybody knows that your missile defense systems are the best ... and that you can definitely help our people, save the lives of Ukrainians, of Ukrainian Jews," the Ukrainian president says. Zelenskyy thanks PM Bennett for his efforts to mediate the crisis, reiterates Jerusalem could be a good venue to hold peace talks with Russia.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko compareד the situation to concentration camps, when "Nazis forcibly captured people," adding that "it is hard to imagine that in the 21st century people can be forcibly taken to another country."
We will continue to assist the Ukrainian people as much as we can and we will never turn our backs to the plight of people who know the horrors of war,” Lapid says.
Ukrainian leader says more than 9,000 people were able to leave besieged Mariupol in the past day, and in all more than 180,000 people have been able to flee to safety through humanitarian corridors.