Fighting continues in Toretsk despite Russian claim to have captured city

We are convinced that the ICC will continue to fulfil important functions in Ukraine’s case, in particular bringing Russian war criminals to responsibility,

foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said at a press briefing in Ukraine's capital

Rustem Umerovdefence minister

The Ministry of Defence is launching a project that will scale up the use of unmanned ground systems in the military."

Defence minister Rustem Umerov stated

We know that relations between the US and the ICC have a long history,

Mr Tykhyi added

While the journalist was performing her professional duties, an unknown man, presumably an employee of the British Embassy in the Russian Federation, who was meeting the delegation, pushed her, causing the girl to lose her balance,

the ministry said

I am not sure we are weeks away from peace talks. And I say that because our assessment, which I’m quite sure the US shares, is that Putin shows absolutely no appetite for negotiation and to bring this war to an end,

he told the Guardian

It matches a persistent pattern of shameful behaviour by the Kremlin against UK diplomats in Russia,

it said in a statement

Donald Trumppresident

I will probably be meeting with President Zelensky next week and I'll probably be talking with President Putin,

Mr Trump replied

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

There have been new assaults in the Kursk operation areas... the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought in again,

Zelensky said in his evening address

There’s nothing inherently valuable about the actual land that the Ukrainians are holding in Kursk. It’s fields and settlements, they’re not threatening Kursk city or making a run on Moscow,

Evans said

To see the Ukrainians able to penetrate Russian defenses, and advance up to five kilometers, that’s something that we don’t see the Russians able to do anywhere in the front line,

she told CNN in an interview

But when we’re thinking about peace negotiation, holding Russian territory could be a critical asset for the Ukrainians when they’re thinking about bargaining for their own territory back or for other things that they might want from the Russians in future peace negotiation,

she added

The incursion has highlighted how Ukraine can exploit vulnerabilities in Russia's manpower reserves and theater-wide campaign design to exert limited control over Russian battlefield activity in Ukraine and generate strategically significant informational and political pressures on Russia,

the ISW said

Mykola Oleshchukcommander

The aviation of the Air Force continues to deprive the enemy of logistical capabilities with accurate air strikes, which significantly affects the course of hostilities

air force commander Mykola Oleschuk wrote on Sunday morning

As a result of active offensive operations... the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated,

Moscow's defence ministry said, using a Russian name for the town and the region

This was once someone's home,

it said, without commenting on whether the town had fallen under Russia's control