Donald Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine, while his political rival joe Biden said Trump hads ‘no idea’
Good morning and welcome to today’s Ukraine blog. The local time in Kyiv is 10:45am.
The Kremlin has refused to comment after Donald Trump has said that if re-elected in November, he will settle its war against Ukraine.
A Russian missile strike hit a nine-storey residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring six others, officials said.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said 10 civilians including a politician and two priests taken prisoner in Russia and Belarus had been freed in a deal mediated by the Vatican.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed its forces had taken control of the settlement of Rozdolivka in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian military said heavy fighting was raging in areas around the settlement.
The Biden administration will provide Ukraine with $150m worth of weapons and ammunition, including Hawk air defence interceptors and 155mm artillery munitions, two US officials said.