Hennadiy Lahuta, the governor of Kherson Oblast, said on June 1 that Ukraine's Armed Forces had liberated more than 20 settlements in the north of the region largely occupied by Russia. According to Lahuta, the Ukrainian troops continue to advance further south.
The protest began at 12:50 p.m. Kyiv time and is expected to last at least six hours, Ukrainian authorities said. Passenger cars and buses are allowed to pass without restrictions.
When asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to join the G20 summit in Miami, Trump said he would "love them to if they want to."
The measure is part of new response procedures approved last week and comes after two Russian Gerbera drones, one of which was armed, crashed in the Baltic country in July after entering from Belarus.
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 68 of the 91 Russian Shahed-type attack drones and decoys launched overnight, the Air Force reported.
Moscow has "increased the production of Geran-2s," HUR spokesperson Andrii Yusov said, referring to Russian variants of Iranian-made Shaheds.
There are currently close to 700,000 Russian service members deployed in Ukraine, including National Guard, special forces, and support units, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on Sept. 5.
"Europe will be first in by far, and they want to be first, and they want to see it end," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
"I can't go to Moscow when my country's under missiles, under attack, each day. I can't go to the capital of this terrorist," President Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC News.
The number includes 960 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
A joint investigation by NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) found that the state-enterprise "Polygraph Plant Ukraine" purchased equipment from a French company at inflated prices through a shell company based in Estonia.
Russian President Vladimir "Putin is the cause of this war, he's the reason for the killing," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. "He is not going to dictate the terms of the peace."
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) led the investigation through its delegation to Ukraine and found that 2,577 soldiers remain in Russian captivity.
"Whether it is Russian oil or anything else, it's our decision to buy from the place which suits our needs, whether in terms of rates, logistics, anything," Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
"I think it's a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now," Trump said.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Kyiv's Independence Square the evening of Sept. 5 to protest parliamentary bills that would impose tougher criminal penalties on soldiers for disobedience.
