Day 708 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Intelligence Chief Promised More Attacks On Russian Infrastructure

Day 708 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Ukraine's intelligence chief has promised more attacks on Russian infrastructure
• Ukraine reported 4 wounded in a Russian attack in the Kharkiv region
• The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, refused to replace Zaluzhnyi
• The EU has agreed on aid for Ukraine
• Ukrinform reported explosions in Crimea
• Putin called on Russian banks to establish themselves in the occupied Ukrainian territories
• Ukraine has banned ministers and mayors from cursing in public

Ukraine's intelligence chief has promised more attacks on Russian infrastructure

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) said today that Kyiv's forces plan to step up their attacks on Russian infrastructure following a series of drone attacks on Russia's energy facilities this year, AFP reported.

"The number of attacks against Russian infrastructure is likely to increase," Kyrylo Budanov said in a social media post.

"Hypothetically, there is a plan according to which all this happens. I think this plan could include all major critical and military infrastructure sites in Russia," he pointed out.

For months, Ukraine has not publicly commented on the drone strikes and other attacks on Russian territory that Kiev was believed to be behind.

But in recent months, the military has begun to publicly claim responsibility for a series of drone attacks hundreds of kilometers beyond the front.

Budanov's comments came after a senior US diplomat...