UKRAINE

At a dusty construction site on the bank of the Dnipro river in Kyiv, workers busily prepared the heating system for the upcoming winter while it was still warm.

Workers on Tuesday lowered a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over the Ukrainian capital, as part of a campaign to remove Soviet symbols which has ramped up since Moscow invaded last year.

At least four people were killed including a 10-year-old child after a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig on Monday, officials said.

Russian officials said the drones struck non-residential buildings in the capital and there were no casualties. The attack came a day after Kyiv vowed to "retaliate" for a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Russian forces are attempting to gain ground in Kupiansk and are moving troops around Bakhmut to prevent Ukraine from advancing.

Most of the casualties were reported in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister Dmitry Kuleba made the statement while speaking at a ministerial round table at the UN.

"What information is available at the moment: a girl was injured. The hardest thing is that her parents died, dad and mum," said Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the western Russian region of Belgorod.

Former President Donald Trump claimed he would use his relationship with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders to urge them to make a peace deal.

NATO Secretary General announced the removal of the Membership Action Plan requirement, changing Ukraine's membership path to a one-step process.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his country's opposition to Ukraine's NATO membership bid, warning that it would create global instability.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev doubled down on the nuclear threat against Ukraine as he proposed to use Russian nuclear weapons against the country.

At a training ground on the edge of Kyiv, a group of women ran through an obstacle course and fired Kalashnikovs, putting the new uniforms finally designed for them through a stress test.

Donald Trump said President Joe Biden's decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine may lead to the killing and maiming of innocent Ukrainian civilians.

A Ukrainian intelligence official claimed that Wagner mercenary fighters wanted to escalate their mutiny by stealing Russian nuclear weapons.

On Ukraine's eastern front, soldiers welcomed a controversial US decision to send cluster munitions to Kyiv that will give them an "advantage on the battlefield".

Western leaders gather in Lithuania's capital on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine amid rare glimmers of disunity over Washington's controversial decision to supply cluster bombs to Kyiv.

Taiwan is expected to take a page from Ukraine's military strategy against Russia in case an armed conflict with China breaks out.

A rumor claimed Ukraine attempted to attack a Russian nuclear power plant and a military airfield using 5B28 or British Storm Shadow missiles.

Ukrainian forces destroyed dozens of Russian military assets over the weekend as the country marked 500 days of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said he would never surrender any of his country's territories to bring an end to the war.