The city of Kherson was reportedly liberated by the Ukrainian army after eight months of occupation, with Moscow announcing that it had completed the withdrawal of its troops

"International law speaks clearly, Ukraine can liberate its territories using any means; always ignore Medvedev," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhaylo Podolyak wrote on Twitter

Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk declared that "stopping arming Ukraine is like leaving a woman alone in a lift with her rapist"

Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in the United States to learn how to use the US Patriot air defence system

President Zelensky signed a decree to apply economic sanctions against 119 Russian celebrities who are reported to supported the war; presidential adviser Podolyak called the sanctioned personalities 'death propagandists'