Russia said on Sunday that air defences had shot down six Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and two Ukrainian missiles over Crimea. Ukrainian Air Forces, on the other hand, said it had shot down 16 out of around 30 drones that Russia launched on Ukraine’s territory overnight.

Russia "attacked the south of the country again", the Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine said on the messaging platform Telegram.

British soldiers training troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow’s forces, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said.

The Ukrainian military reported shooting down 26 of the 38 Iranian-made attack drones it said were launched by Russia. Moscow has intensified its air attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube River, including Izmail and Reni, after it quit a grain deal in July that ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grains.

defence forces of the south of ukraine claimed russia launched major attack on southern ukraine overnight destroying grain stores according to them russia launched 19 iranianmade shahed kamikaze drone

Ukraine is not an EU member but wants to join. The meeting comes a day after further military funding for Ukraine was left out of a last-minute US budget deal. EU policy chief Josep Borrell has described the ongoing war in Ukraine as an "existential crisis".

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Russia is defending its “sovereignty” and “spiritual values” by waging war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a video address posted on the Kremlin website. The speech came a year after Putin signed documents to illegally annex four Ukrainian regions in Europe’s biggest land grab since World War II.