The UK is allocating nearly $3 billion for military support to Ukraine through the G7 mechanism, under which the money will be returned from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets.

Ukraine could become the 33rd or 34th member of the North Atlantic Alliance, which currently has 32 members, the recently appointed Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, said during a press conference with journalists in Brussels.

The Ukrainian military command has given permission to carry out a maneuver to withdraw units from the city of Vuhledar in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk Oblast, reported the Khortytsia operational and strategic troop grouping.

For the fifth day, a large-scale fire at the Kavkaz oil depot, targeted by the Ukrainian military, is being extinguished in Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast of the Russian Federation, local media report.