In the first 2 weeks of Ukraine's counteroffensive, up to 20% of its weapons were reportedly damaged or destroyed; losses have now decreased to 10%, partly due to the fact that Kiev has changed tactics, focusing more on artillery and long-range missiles

The Ukrainian parliament passed a bill allowing the voluntary mobilisation of certain categories of prisoners; some 15-20 thousand prisoners could then join the Ukrainian defence forces

Over the past week, the Ukrainian army has reportedly carried out a number of attacks against Russian military targets using a new long-range missile system that the US would have secretly shipped in recent weeks

In recent weeks Russia has reportedly hit "up to 80%" of conventional power plants and half of Ukraine's hydropower plants "in the heaviest attacks since the war began"