"President Volodymyr Zelensky met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders for talks in London amid renewed efforts to settle the Russia-Ukraine war.
Zelensky said after the talks that there is not yet consensus among Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. on the status of Donbas and emphasized that Ukraine has no legal or moral grounds for surrendering its territory.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined Zelensky and Starmer at Number 10 Downing Street as Kyiv's European partners seek to coordinate strategy in the face of the latest U.S. push for a peace deal — a push that has included proposals for Ukraine to give up land it still controls." KI
"Police in Poland have detained three Ukrainian nationals allegedly found in possession of spying and hacking equipment.
The suspects were apprehended during a routine traffic stop in Warsaw, police said in a statement on Monday. The three men claimed they had been “traveling Europe” and had arrived in Poland just a few hours previously, and were next set to drive to Lithuania. Officers saw that the men were agitated and opted to search the vehicle, the statement noted.
“Suspicious items that could even be used to interfere with the country’s strategic information systems” were discovered, police said, adding that the men were in possession of a large number of SIM cards, antennas, laptops, routers, cameras, advanced hacking equipment, and a “spy device detector.” RT
"Newly drafted Ukrainian men will soon be sent directly to frontline brigades, where they will receive their basic military training, a senior official in Vladimir Zelensky’s office has announced.
The shift in mobilization procedures was outlined by Pavel Palisa, the deputy head of the presidential office responsible for overseeing conscription. Kiev’s mobilization efforts have failed to replace battlefield losses, prompting attempts to streamline the process." RT
"A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit 327 km (203 mi) away from Sendai, Miyagi, Japan,
late in the evening at 11.15 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 44 km (27 mi) and was felt over a large region." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean 97 km (60 mi) from
Japan in the morning at 8.59 am local time (GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 46 km (29 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean 103 km (64 mi) from
Japan in the early morning at 4.56 am local time (GMT +10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 34 km (21 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A very strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean 103 km (64 mi) from Hokkaido, Japan, in the morning at 7.52 am local time (GMT +10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 19 km (12 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter." VD
"139 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
The Russian army carried out air strikes on the areas of Kurylivka in the Kharkiv region; Rai-Oleksandrivka, Kramatorsk, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region; Ternuvate, Kosivtseve, Rizdvyanka, Zaliznychne, Zaporizhzhia, and Vilniansk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
One combat engagement was recorded in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions. Russian troops dropped three guided aerial bombs and carried out 151 shellings, including three from MLRS.In the South Slobozhansky direction, there were eight combat engagements in the areas of Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Odradne, and Dovhenke.
Four enemy attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk direction. Defense forces repelled Russian assaults in the direction of Petropavlivka and Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 10 times, trying to advance in the areas of Novovodyane, Shandryholove, Kolodyaziv, Drobysheve, Zarichne, and towards Lyman.
In the Sloviansk direction, the invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces seven times in the areas of Yampil, Serebrianka, Dronivka, and Fedorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the Russian army carried out 16 attacks near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 43 Russian attacks in the areas of Shakhove, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Nikanorivka, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetsk, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Verbove, Rybne, Krasnohirsk, and Vyshneve.
In the Huliaypole direction, there were 15 clashes in the areas of Solodke, Pryvylne, Huliaypole, and towards Pryluky.
One combat engagement took place in the Orikhiv direction, with the Russians attempting to advance in the Stepove area." Ukrin
