Russian troops shell Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, killing 4 people.

Three European nations: Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands, have contributed the most to the program, the ambassador added.

Russian lawmaker Andrei Svintsov said Telegram may face restrictions because it "does not fully comply with the requirements" of Russian law.

"We stand with Ukraine as neighbours and friends," Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said upon arrival.

"Kyiv today is in a state of multidimensional crisis — managerial, infrastructural, and communicational," an open letter reads.

Ukraine says Russian forces are threatening families of Ukrainian POWs to get Starlink terminals registered for battlefield use.

So far, Ukraine has secured one substation in an underground concrete bunker with a second one underway, Vitaliy Zaichenko, CEO of Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent.

The attack brings the official number of children confirmed killed by Russia's war to 681, according to statistics published by the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned against what he described as excessive optimism surrounding the talks.

"The increase in enemy losses is one of the results of the corps reform," read Syrskyi's quote in the post on the Ukrainian General Staff's Facebook page.

"Well, I guess we have heard a lot of not-so-nice words from the United States regarding Europe," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

The number includes 980 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.