Key points
- Big picture:What you need to know this week
- British volunteer medic dies in Ukraine
- Ukraine to let murderers into army as prisoners offered freedom
- Kanye West 'makes surprise visit to Moscow'
- Russia claims further territory gains in Donetsk region|Ukraine 'repels attacks' near Moscow-claimed villages
- Explained: What's happening on newKharkiv front?
- Your questions answered: Has the West been honest about Ukraine's failures?
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- Live reporting by Andy Hayes, and (earlier)Katie Williams andOllie Cooper
National Prayer Breakfast held in Kyiv
Images have been released of aNational Prayer Breakfast held in Kyiv over the weekend.
The event was attended by 836 people from 15 countries, including representatives of 12 denominations, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office said.
The president was there, alongside Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, members of parliament, church leaders, volunteers, chaplains, military personnel, veterans and athletes.
Mr Zelenskyy said the gathering comprised people with different views who were united by the desire to "ensure a true victory of good over evil for Ukraine", his office said.
Participants were addressed by the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and former US vice president Mike Pence.
Mr Pence said the Ukrainian people had resisted invasion by a nation four times larger than it in population and 10 times more economically powerful.
A similar event is held every year in Washington DC.
UN asks Russia to stop interfering with European satellite systems
Russia has been asked to stop interfering withEuropean satellite systems - with air traffic control said to have been endangered.
Last week a UN body - theInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU) -reviewed a series of complaints from Ukraine and four EuropeanUnion countries - France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Luxembourg - about alleged interference in recent months.
They claimedGPSsignals had been jammed, air traffic control compromised andchildren's TV channelsinterruptedto show violent images of the Ukrainewar.
The ITU, based in Geneva, "expressed its grave concern regarding the use ofsignals to cause intentional harmful interference".
It added that disruptions to French and Swedish satellitenetworks "seemed to originate from earth station(s) located inthe areas of Moscow, Kaliningrad and Pavlovka".
It described the incidents as "extremely worrisome and unacceptable" and has asked Russia to stop immediately and toinvestigate.
The ITU has also suggested a meeting between Russia and the affected countries.
Moscow has denies breaking ITU rules.
It has also complainedabout alleged satellite interference by NATO countries - something not included in last week's ITU meeting.
Russia 'captures guidance system of US-made long-range missile'
An intact guidance system from a long-range, US-made ATACMS missile has been captured by Russian forces, Russia's RIA state news agency has reported.
Video footage released by RIA showed an unidentified individual, his face concealed by a balaclava, examining whathe said was part of an Army Tactical MissileSystems weapon.
He shows labels on the back of themissile's GPS guidance system, indicating it came from aUS army store in Alabama.
Capturing the hardware allows Russia to study how the missiles are controlled during flight, he said.
Sky News is unable to verify the footage.
Washington began to supply Ukraine with ATACMS several months ago.
They can hit targets up to 186 miles away - roughly double the range of the HIMARS systems that the United States began sending to Ukraine in 2022.
Moscow has described the supply of such weapons as an escalatory move.
Russia claims the US helps Ukrainian troops to fire them - something Washington denies.
British volunteer medic who 'saved lives of 200 soldiers' dies in Ukraine
A British volunteer medic reportedly involved in saving more than 200 lives on the front line has died in Ukraine, his charity has confirmed.
Peter Fouche, who was born in South Africa, travelled to Ukraine in 2022 where he helped to build a field hospital, and then later served in the Territorial Defence Forces and Armed Forces of Ukraine.
He co-founded Project Konstantin, a Ukrainian charity supporting frontline Ukrainian troops, which confirmed his death in a post on social media.
The charity said Mr Fouche was "actively involved in saving more than 200 wounded Ukrainian soldiers" and bringing aid to people in affected towns and cities.
It praised his "bravery and selflessness" and called his death "the worst nightmare".
"We will honour Pete's memory by continuing the work he was so passionate about, carrying forward his legacy of courage and kindness," it said.
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Ukraine and are in contact with the local authorities."
In pictures: Ukrainian servicemen load a howitzer
These pictures were taken near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
In recent weeks, Russian attacks have focused on the town, with Ukrainian commanders in the area saying their resources remain stretched.
That is partly because of a recent gap in US funding, caused by deadlock in Congress.
The House of Representatives finally approved sending $60.8bn (£49bn) in foreign aid to Ukraine in April.
World Athletics condemns 'ongoing Russian aggression'
Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics (WA), has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
Coe, the British double Olympic gold medallist, met the Ukrainian president on Friday beforeattending the Ukraine athletics championships in Lviv.
WA said today that Coe "underscored World Athletics' unwavering support for the people and athletes of Ukraine as they defend themselves against ongoing Russian aggression".
He has also committed to the continued support of Ukrainian athletes through the Ukraine Fund.
The fund provides support to professional athletes, ensuring they can continue to train, qualify for and participate in World Athletics Series events and the World Athletics Championships.
The International Olympic Committee has suggested that Russian and Belarusian sportsmen and women could compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems.
But WA is standing firm on a blanket ban.
'One killed' in shelling in Belgorod
A civilian has been killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Belgorod region, according to the local governor.
Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed Ukraine had attacked an agricultural facility.
Belgorod, which borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region, has come under regular attack since Russia started its invasion.
Sunak claims multi-year support for Ukraine would be at risk under Labour
Rishi Sunak has claimed that multi-year support from the UK to Ukraine would be at risk if Labour were to come into power this week.
The UK prime minister told reporters three days ahead of the general election that his Conservative Party was backing up "words with actions" and "investing more in defence".
"You have to have strength to signal to your adversaries that we're not going anywhere. That's why under the Conservatives we're increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. If Keir Starmer is in charge those plans are going to be cut," he said.
The Labour Party has pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - but has not set a timescale for doing so - and to undertake a strategic defence review within the first year of government.
Sir Keir has said his party will keep supporting Ukraine.
Some Russian glide bombs have fallen on its own territory - report
Dozens of glide bombs used by Russia to hammer Ukrainian frontline regions have mistakenly fallen on its own territory, according to a report.
An internal Russian document seen by the Washington Post reveals at least 38 of the bombs came down in the Belgorod border region between April 2023 and April 2024 - including at least four on Belgorod city itself.
Most of the bombs did not explode, according to the report. However, one detonated when it hit a road in Belgorod last year, causing a 65ft wide crater and causing damage to buildings and cars, the paper said.
The Washington Post cited experts as saying the Soviet-era munitions "often fail - resulting in impacts on Russian territory".
The internal report said most of the bombs were discovered by civilians, and in the majority of cases the Russian defence ministry could not identify when they'd been launched.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that Russia has used over 800 glide bombs against Ukraine in the past week alone.
"A certain percentage of Russian bombs is defective," military expert Ruslan Leviev told the Post. He said it was believed the "accidental releases" were caused by the "unreliability" of the guidance systems they'd been retrofitted with.
However he noted that "only a fraction" of the bombs fail, meaning their overall effectiveness for Russia is not affected.
Russia claims to capture two Ukrainian villages
Russian forces have taken control of two villages in eastern Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry has claimed.
In a statement, it said Russian troops had taken over Stepova Novoselivka in the northeastern Kharkiv region, and Novopokrovske in Donetsk, in the east.
Kyiv has not yet responded to the claims.
It comes after Moscow said yesterday that its forces had seized two further villages east of the city of Donetsk (see 6.22 post).
