Grenades rock Russian-occupied city: Local authorities report that explosions have rocked Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, which is reportedly the focal point of Moscow's alleged "special military operation." Two missiles struck the city's industrial region, according to the coordination committee for the LPR on Telegram. Six children were harmed in the attacks, according to the head of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic.

The purposes of Melitopol The late-Friday explosion, according to the Russian-installed government, has left certain areas of the city without electricity. Military experts believe that Ukraine is trying to attack targets in the southeast city of Zaporizhzhia in preparation for a potential counteroffensive.

Russia concedes defeat: The Russian Ministry of Defence claims its troops relocated to more advantageous defensive positions after pulling back from areas to the north of the troubled eastern city of Bakhmut. But it essentially proves that Russian forces lost a few kilometres of land.

National rocket systems: According to two US officials speaking to CNN, Russia attempted to use a hypersonic missile last week to destroy a Patriot air defence system in Ukraine. After the strike was unsuccessful, the Ukrainian military instead intercepted the missile using the Patriot system, according to the officials. This was only a few weeks after the advanced air defence system arrived in the nation. 

Presidents Pedro Sanchez of the United States and Joe Biden of Spain "underscored our firm backing for Ukraine in the face of the country's brutal war" at an engagement at the White House, according to a news release from the United States of America. According to Vice President Joe Biden's administration, this also includes "continued security, economic, and emergency support to Ukrainians."

There have been more reports of violence along the eastern Ukrainian border between the Kharkiv and Luhansk areas.

Russian and Ukrainian officials claim that combat has increased along the border between the eastern Ukrainian provinces of Kharkiv and Luhansk.

Russian artillery and mortar fire reportedly targeted 10 communities in the Kupyansk region of Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.

The 14th Separate Mechanised Brigade and the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade of Ukraine were struck in the same region, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. According to the government, artillery bombardment stopped Ukrainian soldiers from rotating in the same region.

According to an unofficial Russian social media account, progress has not been accomplished despite an upsurge in Ukrainian attacks along the front east of Kupyansk.

Russia's military is defending gains achieved in the first few days of the invasion in the Zaporizhzhia area, where Ukraine has reported artillery and other attacks by Russian forces.

There has been a significant bombardment of settlements throughout the entire front line, including Stepnohirsk, Mala Tokmachka, and Huliaipole, according to Yurii Malashko, chief of Zaporizhzhia's military administration.

Speaking on Ukrainian television, Malachko asserted that Russian soldiers were escaping from the nearby town of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor is located while pretending to be evacuating residents.

Some residents of Zaporizhzhia who had been evacuated from Russian-controlled areas close to the frontlines had returned "because they were left to fend for themselves in Berdiansk [further south] and people are afraid that their homes will be looted," the official said.