Russia-Ukraine updates: Russian missile strikes hit multiple Ukrainian cities
Dozens of injuries were reported in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Russia has continued a nearly 19-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Recently, though, the Ukrainians have gone on a counteroffensive, fighting to reclaim occupied territory.
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Zelenskyy previews participation in NATO summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined his agenda for the NATO summit in Vilnius in his evening address.
Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian government is "working to make the algorithm for gaining membership as clear and fast as possible."
The president also added, in regards to the summit, "there may be good weaponry-related news."
"The priorities are absolutely clear: air defense for our cities, for all communities throughout the country, we are working to create a full-fledged sky shield," he said.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
7 dead after Russians bomb city during aid distribution: Officials
Russian forces hit a residential neighborhood Sunday in the Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region by a guided aerial bomb during the distribution of humanitarian aid, Ukrainian officials said.
At least seven people were killed and 11 others were injured in the blast, according to the regional military administration.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
Russia losing an average of 400 soldiers per day: UK officials
Russian forces are suffering an average of 400 casualties daily, according to a report from the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence.
The report said that Russia is struggling with "a crisis of combat medical provision."
"It is likely that many dedicated military hospitals are being reserved for officer casualties," the report said.
The Ministry of Defence added that half of Russian fatalities in the last 17 months could have been prevented with proper first aid.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
More progress made near Bakhmut: Ukraine official
Ukraine Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar released a statement Monday with updates on the ongoing counteroffensive.
Malyar said that Ukrainian forces liberated more than 14 square kilometers of territory from Russian forces last week, the majority of which came from the south.
The minister added that Russian forces are "on the defensive" in the direction of Bakhmut.
"The defense forces of Ukraine were able to capture the main heights near Bakhmut and have been holding the fortress city under fire control for several days," Malyar said.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
Cuba uncovers human trafficking for Russia's war in Ukraine
Cuban officials announced Monday that they have "detected" and are "working on the neutralization and dismantling of a human trafficking network that operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba, into the military forces participating in war operations in Ukraine."
"Attempts of this nature have been neutralized and criminal proceedings have been initiated against people involved in these activities," the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
The ministry noted that "Cuba has a firm and clear historical position against mercenarism and plays an active role in the United Nations in repudiation of this practice."
"Cuba is not part of the war in Ukraine," the ministry added. "It is acting and will act energetically against anyone, from the national territory, who participates in any form of human trafficking for the purpose of recruitment or mercenarism for Cuban citizens to use arms against any country."
-ABC News' Mara Valdes