The Latest Breaking News from ISW

As the war enters its 577th day, these are the main developments.

Firefighters battle the blaze at the fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol

New $600m security assistance package follows a day after US pledges $1bn in military, humanitarian aid for Kyiv.

Russian president and defence officials in Kyiv give conflicting accounts of situation on front lines in Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces advance south and east to the rear of Russia’s first line of defence during the 79th week of the war.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he told Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin: ‘Lads – you watch out’.

Greece fighter pilot training offer comes after Denmark and the Netherlands announced they would supply F-16s to Kyiv.

In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, threatening to bring them down. Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US positions. The Assad regime maintains that it will “regain every inch” of Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy in the north-east.

Russian military bloggers suggest some of Moscow’s soldiers were either killed or captured in the raid