Summary of the day
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian missile and drone attack on Lviv.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his government needed “new energy” during a major reshuffle that saw the foreign minister and several others hand in their resignation.
The president reiterated a call to Kyiv’s partners. “Every one of our partners around the world who helps Ukraine with air defense is a true defender of life,” he said.
Zelenskiy also said that “anyone who convinces partners to provide Ukraine with more long-range capabilities, enabling us to respond justly to terror, is working to prevent such Russian terrorist strikes on Ukrainian cities.”
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that Germany will not slacken in its military support for Ukraine.
Ukraine and Ireland signed a bilateral agreement.
The Kremlin said that Russia was adjusting its nuclear doctrine.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Serbia’s deputy premier in Russia.
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has said that Germany will not slacken in its military support for Ukraine, Reuters reported.
“Germany’s support for Ukraine will not cease. We have made provisions, struck (defence) deals and secured the funding in good time so that Ukraine can continue to fully rely on us in future,” he said.