Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 622nd day.
The Group of Seven foreign ministers are preparing to hold an online session with their Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, during their meetings in Tokyo this week, Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa has said.
"Under tragic circumstances, my assistant and close friend, Major Gennadiy Chastiakov, was killed... on his birthday," General Valery Zaluzhny said on Telegram, saying that an"unknown explosive device detonated in one of his gifts". Police have identified a fellow soldier who gave the fatal gift, he said and seized two similar grenades. An investigation is underway.Russia's air defence systems destroyed and intercepted a total of 17 Ukraine-launched drones over the Black Sea and Crimean Peninsula, the Russian defence ministry said.
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