Subdivisions of Ukraine

"The Crimean bridge is protected by modern air defense systems. The bridge has reliable protection, so I do not advise the Kyiv Nazis to try to carry out provocations. Otherwise, their provocations and plans will be accompanied by lightning retaliation. Decision-making centers will be destroyed, including those in Kyiv.

Russian forces have launched a massive offensive and probably surrounded the Ukrainian city of Kherson at the beginning of the 6th day of the war in Ukraine.

The United States is co-hosting drills in the Black Sea with what is left of Ukraine's devastated navy, which lost about two thirds of its sailors and ships after Russia seized Crimea last year.
 

Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on July 23, not far from where a Malaysian airliner was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers on board.

CoE called on to urge Kiev's compliance with Geneva accord

MOSCOW -- The Council of Europe must urge the present de-facto authorities in Kiev to unconditionally comply with the Geneva accord on deescalation.

This is what the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on Monday.

Three people, including deputy head of the Kiev city state administration Bogdan Dubas, were wounded in a shooting incident in the Ukrainian capital downtown, Monday.

The shooter has been identified as an activist of the Right Sector far-right group, Ukrainian parliament-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Monday, cited by Itar-Tass.