The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites, despite Russian threats to attack boats heading to or from its neighbour and enemy. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

As the war enters its 578th day, these are the main developments.

The train that runs from Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, to the city of Kramatorsk in the east stands apart from others in Ukraine

Human rights lawyers are working with Ukraine’s public prosecutor to prepare dossier to submit to the international criminal court

Russia’s foreign minister glosses over Ukraine, accuses Western allies of neo-colonialism at the UN General Assembly.

Pope Francis is labeling the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war

Lavrov addressed the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York

Sergei Lavrov rules out any moves at compromise in speech that also addresses Nagorno-Karabakh dispute

America will supply the ATACMS weapons, enabling Ukrainian forces to target Russian military logistics way beyond the frontline

Russia’s top diplomat is lashing out at the U.S. and the West as self-interested defenders of a fading international order

It probably wasn’t how President Joe Biden envisioned his big foreign policy week ending