Ukraine latest updates: 15 killed in Donetsk, says official

A Ukrainian service member looks at the rubble of a school that was destroyed during a missile attack on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July, 5, 2022 [Andrii Marienko/AP Photo]

• At least 15 people have been killed after Russian rockets hit a building in Donetsk, according to a Ukrainian official.
• Canada says it will return to Germany the Russian turbine needed to maintain the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline. Ukraine had lobbied against the move, saying it would weaken Western sanctions on Russia.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Kyiv’s ambassador to Germany as well as several other top foreign envoys.
• The United States promises to provide nearly $368m in further humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
• Ukraine says Russian troops are pursuing “relentless” shelling on its eastern Donetsk region.

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