Western media have reported that 10 people were killed and 45 others were injured in the attacks of the Ukrainian army on the city of Belgorod in western Russia.
A senior officer of the Ukrainian army said in an interview that many foreign mercenaries recruited by the army prefer to flee rather than stay shortly after experiencing the horrors of the battlefield.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia says that several offensive operations by Ukrainian soldiers against the positions of Russian forces in the southern axis of Donetsk, Kobyansk, Zaporizhia, Krasnyliman and Kherson have been repelled and more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed.
General Mark Milley, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, announced the beginning of military training of Ukrainian forces to confront the Russian military. According to him, this training course will take place in Germany and about 500 Ukrainian soldiers will be trained in this course.
The Minister of Defense of France announced the agreement of the president of this country to train a large group of Ukrainian soldiers and send self-propelled artillery and anti-aircraft missiles to Kiev.
A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman has claimed that as Ukrainian troops advance into Ukraine, extremist Ukrainian nationalists have killed 32 Russian soldiers who were about to surrender.