Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first visit to Kyiv on Friday to again call for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia. Also on Friday, the US announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, including air defence missiles, ammunition and mobile rocket systems. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Indian leader's first visit to the war-torn country. Modi called for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia, saying he stood "firmly for peace".
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The US announced a new round of military aid for Kyiv after President Joe Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Russia accused Ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station overnight from Thursday to Friday in what it called an act of "nuclear terrorism", days before the head of the UN atomic watchdog is due to visit the site.
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Russia suspended a ferry service operating between southern Russia and annexed Crimea after a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port on Thursday, Russia's transport ministry said.
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Ukraine's forces destroyed 14 out of 16 Russian attack drones launched overnight, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Zelensky said he went to border areas in the Sumy region, just across the frontier from Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops are staging an unprecedented offensive.
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Russian forces mounted 53 attacks on enemy positions on the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine as Moscow pressed to take a strategic town, Ukraine’s military said.
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Ukraine sank a Russian ferry carrying fuel tanks in an aerial attack on a Russian port next to the annexed Crimean peninsula, Russian officials said.
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Moscow said it had foiled several Ukrainian drone and missile attacks in the west of the country, including in the Volgograd region, where local authorities said a fire had broken out at a military facility.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
