Kremlin-appointed Kherson leader reportedly flees to Russia. First grain ship from Ukraine docks in Djibouti, Africa.
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russian soldiers to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine.
A senior presidential advisor, Olexsey Arestovych, cautioned Ukrainians not to expect rapid gains and describes the offensive as a "slow operation to grind the enemy."
The former head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service M16 has welcomed Ukraine's counterattacks in Kherson saying it is a key moment in the war.
Sir Alex Young told the BBC that the fightback from Kyiv showed the opposing forces "have reached some sort of a balance which is an unexpected but a welcomed situation."
The Kremlin insisted that the so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine is going to plan despite the news, that Kyiv's troops have launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the south of the country.
Volodymyr Zelensky has met the director of the International Atomic Energy, Rafael Grossi, and his delegation ahead of the group's visit to the Russian-held Zaporehrhia nuclear power plant in the southern part of Ukraine.
A key advisor to Ukraine's president accuses Russian forces of deliberately shelling his country in order to obtain Crimea and other regions occupied by the above-mentioned forces.
The European Commission said it will donate 5.5 potassium iodide to Ukrainians amid fears of fighing near the nuclear power plant could lead to nuclear catastrophe,
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