Ukrainian forces claim to have retaken two villages in the Donetsk region as a days-old counteroffensive to push Russian forces out of the country gathers steam. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, said he will not obey a new Russian Defense Ministry decree obliging all volunteer formations to sign a contract directly with the ministry in his latest spat with the nation’s military leadership.
Read MoreOvernight, more energy infrastructure was targeted in Kyiv. The US says it’s trying to rush advanced air defense systems to Ukraine to help counter Russian missiles and armed drones
Read MoreA missile strike on Odesa Sunday threw into doubt the start of grain shipments from Ukraine and across the Black Sea. Meanwhile. Polish border authorities have said that more than 5-million Ukrainians have fled into their country since Russia's invasion began on February 24.
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