Key points
- Big picture:Everything you need to know about the war right now
- Escalation in fighting in Kharkiv over weekend
- Huge explosion reported in Russian city
- Putin 'sacks defence ministers'
- US condemns Vietnam for hosting Putin in Hanoi
- Dominic Waghorn analysis: It's a bad week for Putin - but Kyiv's allies face an uncertain future
- Your questions answered:Are there any signs of an underground resistance in Russia?
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More than 20 people injured in Russian missile attack
Earlier today we told you about a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's east central Poltava region.
Initially, reports had suggested nine people were injured in the strike, but the regional governor has now confirmed 22 people suffered injuries.
Three children were among the wounded, Filip Pronin said.
Houses and power lines were also damaged, causing electricity to be knocked out for more than 55,000 customers.
Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said the attack was carried out with an X-59 cruisemissile.
US troubled by 'deepening relationship' between Russia and North Korea
The US has expressed concern over the "deepening relationship" between Russia and North Korea, the White House has said.
Spokesman John Kirby said the US was "troubled" by the ties between the two countries.
It comes after both nations confirmed Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for the first time in 24 years tomorrow.
Mr Kirby said the visit appeared to be part of a post-election"charm offensive" by Mr Putin.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Mr Putin during a visit to Russia's Far East last September.
Russia's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said the two leaders may sign a partnership agreementduring the visit that would include security issues.
'Not the right time' to send military trainers to Ukraine, says Canada
Canada has decided to hold off on sending military trainers to Ukraine, its defence minister has said.
Speaking to reporters after a NATO summit, Bill Blair said the circ*mstances for such a move were "not right" at the moment.
"There was discussion of a NATO mission to enhance the training. At the present time, the circ*mstances are not right to deploy - in my view - the Canadian trainers in Ukraine," he said.
"There is, I think, quite an understandable concern about expanding a training mission into Ukraine at the current time."
Canada has helped prepare more than 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2015, but decided to pull its training contingent out of western Ukraine just before the war started.
The White House has also said it was not planning to send US military trainers to Ukraine.
'White angels' rescue civilians as front line 'approaches villages'
Ukrainian police officers, from a unit known as "white angels", have rescued six people from two villages today.
The country's national police force said four civilians were evacuated from Vozdvizhenka, near Bakhmut, and two were rescued from Vovche, in Lviv.
"The front approached these villages almost at close range. The enemy is shooting at the houses," it said in a statement.
"While the evacuation continued, the Russians covered the surroundings with fire, so the crew overcame especially dangerous sections of the road at maximum speed."
It said the people evacuated from Vozdvizhenka were a family who had found "three shells were fired at their garden" overnight.
"The policemen helped the man and three women to leave, the oldest of whom is 75 years old and has limited mobility," it added.
"There was also room in the armoured car for all domestic animals - chickens, ducks and rabbits."
In Vovche, it said a man and a woman called for help after a Russian bomb hit their house.
It said some residents remain in both villages, and urged them to evacuate.
Record number of NATO allies to hit defence spending target
A record number of NATO countries are expected to hit the military alliance's defence spending target this year, its secretary general has said.
In total, more than 20 NATO allies will spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence, Jens Stoltenberg said.
The estimated figure marks a near-fourfold increase from 2021 among the 32 members.
Only six nations were meeting the goal that year, before the war in Ukraine started.
The surge in spending reflects the worries of Western allies about the conflict.
Mr Stoltenberg made the comment during a visit to Washington, where he is laying the groundwork for what is expected to be a pivotal summit of NATO next month.
The mutual defence alliance has grown in strength and size since Russia's invasion of Ukraine two years ago, with both Sweden and Finland joining.
It comes after US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 10-yearbilateral security agreement, seen as "supporting a bridge to Ukraine's eventual membership in the NATO alliance" last week.
In pictures: How Ukrainian soldiers watched the Euros
Away from the fighting, Ukraine has played Romania today in their first game of the Euros 2024.
Fans packed out the stadium in Munich, Germany, to watch the match and soldiers managed to tune in as well - although they were likely disappointed by the 3-0 loss.
Reuters captured these photos of Ukrainian servicemen watching the game near the frontline in the eastern Donetsk region.
Ukrainian military unit shows off 'vile weapon'
A Ukrainian military unit has released a video claiming to show its men using a "vile weapon" - the SPG -9.
The clip, which has not been verified by Sky News, purports to show the soldiers from the Azov Regiment firing the recoilless gun in the Serebryansky forest in Luhansk.
The regiment described the weapon as a "silent tool for eliminating occupiers".
"Their effectiveness infuriates the enemy. Bombs explode around them and the forest burns. The Russians try to destroy them at any cost. But SPG operators continue to eliminate occupiers every day and night," the caption of the video reads.
The Azov Regiment, which has far-right and ultra-nationalistroots, is part of Ukraine's National Guard and evolved out of abattalion that was formed in 2014.
It fought againstRussian-backed separatists who carved out breakaway regions ineastern Ukraine.
Last week, the US cleared the way for the unit to use American weapons.
US law bars foreign security forces from US militaryassistance if they have committed gross violations of humanrights, but a review cleared the unit for US funds, the State Department said.
The unit said Western weapons wouldimprove the combat capabilities of their fighters and savelives.
Russian navy vessels 'leave Cuba'
Russian navy vessels have left Cuba's capital today, the state run news agency RIA has reported.
A warship and a nuclear-powered submarine arrived in Havana last week and were expected to depart today.
While their arrival wasn't seen as a threat by the West, the move was considered a Russian show of force amid heightened tensions due to the Ukraine war.
Ukraine 'sends drones to attack factory deep in Russian territory'
Four Ukrainian drones were allegedly downed during an attack on Russia's Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant today.
Igor Artamonov, the governor of Lipetsk Oblast, claimed one drone had been "suppressed" while another had been shot down "over the industrial territory of Lipetsk".
The factory, which produces civilian products, has continued to operate as normal, according to owners Novolipetsk Steel.
Lipetsk sits around 250 miles into Russia's mainland.
