Day 626 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Ex-NATO Chief Proposes Ukraine's Entry Without the Occupied Territories

Day 626 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital for the first time in nearly two months
• Getting closer: Two Ukrainian drones were shot down in Moscow and Smolensk regions
• A former NATO chief close to Ukraine suggested that it enter without the occupied territories
• South Korea will help Ukraine in the production of drones
• The FSB's external surveillance regularly uses 70-year-old women for particularly important missions

Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital for the first time in nearly two months

Russian forces targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv during a midnight shelling, local officials said. Meanwhile, Russian officials said drones sent by Ukrainian forces targeted areas around Moscow and Russia's Smolensk region, the Associated Press reported.

A ballistic missile was shot down as it approached the Ukrainian capital, Sergii Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration, said. No one was injured. Ukrainian forces later confirmed that an Iskander-M ballistic missile was used in the attack, the first in nearly two months against Kyiv. The missile was destroyed by the Patriot system of the Ukrainian air defense system.

The Ukrainian air defense system has also actively repelled attacks on various Ukrainian regions - Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy and Kirovohrad regions.

The Air Force of Ukraine reported that Russian forces sent 31 Shahed-136/131 drones to Ukrainian territory, of which 19 were shot down.

A Russian strike in Odesa region damaged port...