Videos on social media Saturday appeared to show soldiers raising the Russian flag over one of the plant's buildings. The development comes on the same day when Ukraine's military chief said he was withdrawing troops from the city in eastern Ukraine.
However, Ukrainian forces said it has come under intense Russian attack over the past 24 hours, with continuous assaults along the front line, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement Sunday.
Kyiv, which is fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, has neither confirmed nor denied that it downed the plane, but has challenged details of Moscow's account and called for an international investigation.
Putin said enhancing the role of BRICS in the international monetary system, expanding inter-banking cooperation as well as boosting the use of national currencies in mutual trade will be areas of focus of the Russian presidency of the grouping.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him several months to send the bill to parliament for ratification and weeks for the parliamentary committee to give its consent.
Biden-Zelenskyy meeting: According to the statement issued by the White House, the meeting will be focused on the ongoing war against Russia and the "vital importance" of continued US support of their defence efforts.
Austin, who travelled to Kyiv by train from Poland, met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was scheduled to meet with Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and Chief of Staff Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
The American delegation at the '2+2' ministerial dialogue was led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin while External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh headed the Indian side.
The Kharkiv region was bombarded by over 100 Russian shellings followed by an attack with two guided bombs. The attack comes more than a week after a Russian attack at a village in Kharkiv claimed at least 51 lives.
Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology, though an arms deal would violate international sanctions that Russia supported in the past.
Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate said Russia has been deprived of the ability to fully control the waters of the Black Sea, and this makes Ukraine many steps closer to regaining Crimea.
Crews searched the rubble for any trapped civilians. Twenty shops, power lines, administrative building and the floor of an apartment building were damaged, according to the prosecutor general's office.
Notably, ever since Russian boss Vladimir Putin announced a so-called "special military operation" against Kyiv, the West and Europe imposed multiple sanctions intending to penalise its economy and defence sector for the unprecedented devastation.
Russia-Ukraine war: At least seven people were killed while as many as 110 were injured after Russin forces launched fresh missile attacks on Ukraine, informed a local official.
Notably, this will be the second visit of Shangfu to Moscow after the latter started a full-fledged war against its neighbouring nation.
