The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended the Russian Olympic Committee for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine. The Russian Olympic Committee denounced the move, saying it was “yet another counterproductive, politically motivated decision”.
Ukraine claims it thwarted an attempt overnight by a Russian saboteur group to cross its border in the north-eastern Sumy region. Serhiy Naev, commander of the joint forces of the armed forces of Ukraine, said: “The saboteurs tried to cross the state border of Ukraine and intended to move further towards one of the civilian critical infrastructure facilities. He said the eight-member group was repelled by Ukrainian fire and there were no losses among Ukrainian troops, Reuters reports.
Russia expects its military and defence cooperation with Kyrgyzstan to expand, Vladimir Putin said during a visit to a Russian airbase near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, in his first trip outside Russia since the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest over the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
Ukraine claims to have downed 28 of 33 drones launched at its territory overnight by Russia. Port infrastructure was damaged and a woman in Odesa was injured by one of the drones that got through. Some of the drones were aimed at ports on the Danube.
