Russia-Ukraine live: 15 missiles shot down across Kyiv, Dnipro

The Ukrainian air force shot down 15 out of 18 missiles across Kyiv and Dnipro in the early hours of Monday, the military says.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins for participating in training the military.

On Telegram, Zelenskyy said “we count on its continuation, as well as on further cooperation on defence and humanitarian issues. We discussed the need for further consolidation of the countries of the Pacific region in supporting Ukraine.”Undermining Russian logistics is in preparation for counter: Ukraine
Targeting Russia’s logistics is in preparation for the expected counteroffensive, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Sunday after a fire destroyed a Russian fuel depot in Crimea.

Natalia Humeniuk said the fire had caused much “anxiety” in the Russian military.

“The fact that the enemy’s logistics are undermined … this work is preparatory for the broad, full-scale offensive, which everyone expects,” Ukrainian media cited Humeniuk as telling national television.

“Therefore, the enemy feels that his resources are undermined and begins to manoeuvre.”

While not admitting to striking the facility, Ukraine’s military command said “a fire” destroyed 10 oil tanks.The Vatican is involved in secret peace mission, says pope
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“There is a mission in course now but it is not yet public. When it is public, I will reveal it,” the pope told reporters during a flight home after a three-day visit to Hungary.

“I think that peace is always made by opening channels. You can never achieve peace through closure … This is not easy.”

The pope added that he had spoken about the situation in Ukraine with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Metropolitan (bishop) Hilarion, a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Budapest.Ukrainian air defences destroy 15 missiles overnight
Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday, wounding at least 34 people in the eastern city of Pavlohrad but failing to hit Kyiv, officials said.

“Around 2:30 am (1130 GMT), the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes,” the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Telegram.

Kyiv’s city officials also said all missiles directed at the capital were destroyed in the second attack on the city in three days.

“According to [preliminary information], no casualties among the civilian population and no destruction of residential facilities or infrastructure have been recorded,” the city administration said.

Russia also targeted other Ukrainian regions overnight, including Dnipropetrovsk.