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US President Biden has announced a new large arms shipment to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit the Peace Museum in Hiroshima at the end of the G7 summit.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged more aid to Ukraine. Yoon met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima. Yoon promised the rapid delivery of goods that Ukraine needs, including mine clearance equipment and ambulances for the military, South Korean media reported, citing the presidential office in Seoul.

According to British intelligence agencies, Russia is increasingly using surveillance drones to prepare for its airstrikes on Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense in London, these are mostly Russian-made aircraft called Supercam, which are relatively cheap and have sufficient range to fly over potential attack targets.

Experts estimate that the drones can stay in the air for around four to five hours and fly up to five kilometers high. This tactic should help Russia to assess battle damage more quickly and improve accuracy. “The Russian military’s slow and inefficient targeting process was a major weakness of the operation in Ukraine,” it said in London. “However, slow surveillance drones are very vulnerable to Ukrainian air defenses.”

Pope Francis has appointed Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to lead a peacekeeping mission to end the war in Ukraine. As Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed, the Archbishop of Bologna should mediate between Kiev and Moscow in consultation with the Vatican Secretariat of State. The aim is to reduce tensions and show ways to peace. The exact timing and details of the mission have yet to be clarified, it said.

The 67-year-old Zuppi is chairman of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. He is also closely linked to the Community of Sant’Egidio, which has repeatedly acted for the Vatican in delicate mediating roles in international conflicts.

Did the Russian troops take Bakhmut completely? Ukrainian President Zelenskyy denies this and stated that the city was almost completely destroyed. Russia had previously reported the capture.

US President Joe Biden announced a new large arms shipment to Ukraine at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The package includes “ammunition, artillery and armored vehicles,” said Biden on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima. Just two days ago, Washington gave its Western allies its approval for training pilots in Kiev to fly F-16 fighter jets.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj plans to visit the Peace Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, after the G7 deliberations. According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he will then meet with Japanese Prime Minister and G7 host Fumio Kishida.

At a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanged views on further cooperation in the areas of security and defense. They also talked about the training of Ukrainian officers as part of the Canadian UNIFIER training mission, Zelenskyy writes on Twitter.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses the G7 countries of wanting to “restrain” Russia. The US demands the release of 1,500 political prisoners in Belarus.