Ukraine to submit report to Pentagon on use of cluster munitions

Ukraine will this week submit to the US a report on the use of cluster munitions, which were provided to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the latest military aid packages. The announcement was made by Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov in an interview with CNN.

Students in Russia will learn how to use combat drones. UK: "An effort to cultivate militarised patriotism"

Starting in the new school year, students in the Russian Federation will learn how to operate combat drones as part of the "Fundamentals of Life Safety" programme. This comes as unmanned aerial vehicles have played a vital and devastating role in the war in Ukraine, Euronews reports.

CEC's General Local Elections: voters who change their temporary residence after August 5 will not be able to vote

Voters who change their domicile or residence to another constituency after 5 August will not be able to vote in the general local elections. Similarly, they will not be able to vote in their previous place of residence. This is because, according to the new provisions of the Electoral Code, the period for registering a temporary domicile or residence cannot be less than 3 months before the date of the first round of voting. The clarification was made by the Central Electoral Commission.

Spanish elections: right-wing parties fail to win majority

Spain faces a political deadlock following Sunday's parliamentary elections after right-wing parties failed to secure a decisive victory predicted by opinion polls. There is virtually no clear winner in Sunday's general election, reports Reuters.

Russia closes Crimean bridge again after munitions depot attack

Four days after reopening the strategic Crimean bridge linking Russia to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, Moscow has been forced to close it again due to another attack. A munitions depot in the Krasnogvardeysky district was targeted, and as a result, residents within a five-kilometre radius of the area began to be evacuated, Politico reports.

The Russians bombed the port of Reni, a few kilometres from Romania and close to the border with Moldova

A powerful explosion just near the Romanian border after Russian forces shelled the Odessa region again. Missiles and drones reportedly hit the ports of Reni and Ismail on the Danube near the Romanian-Ukrainian border and close to the border with Moldova, Digi24 notes.

Moscow was attacked with drones. The blast occurred near the Russian Defence Ministry building

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced this morning that drone strikes have been reported on two non-residential buildings, reports the BBC. The mayor added that no casualties were reported in the attack.

Wall Street Journal analysis: Without munitions and airpower, Ukraine's counter-offensive is on the verge of stalling

When the Ukrainian military launched the long-awaited spring counteroffensive (which was launched more like summer), NATO military leaders were aware that Kiev's troops did not have enough weapons or well-trained soldiers to succeed in driving the Russians out of Ukraine, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSI) analysis. Instead, Western strategists hoped that the fate of the battle would be decided by "the courage and resourcefulness of the Ukrainians." Except that hasn't happened, and the Ukrainian counteroffensive risks reaching a stalemate.

Kiev responds to Putin and Lukashenko's hints: Ukraine and Poland will always be "united"

Ukrainian diplomacy chief Dmitro Kuleba on Sunday gave assurances that Kiev and Warsaw will "always be united" after remarks by Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko in which they accused Poland of wanting to take back territory in western Ukraine, AFP reports.

US Secretary of State says that Ukraine has already liberated 50% of its territory occupied by Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Ukraine has already liberated half of the territory that Russia initially occupied during its invasion, but Kiev will have to fight a "very hard fight" to liberate even more territory, Reuters and Agerpres inform.

Chisinau authorities condemn the Russian attacks on the city of Odesa

The President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu and the Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu condemned the Russian attacks on Ukraine, after Odesa was bombed last night.

Conservatives aim to oust Pedro Sánchez as Spain votes in summer election

Spaniards headed to the polls on Sunday with the choice of re-electing Pedro Sánchez and his fractious leftwing alliance or letting conservatives reverse the prime minister’s reforms in a possible pact with the hard right, Financial Times reports.