Russia-Ukraine war live: War could be ‘closer to end’ than people think says Zelenskyy

Ukraine president says Vladimir Putin is ‘afraid’ of Ukraine’s Kursk occupation

We mentioned reports of Russian airstrikes on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a frequent target for attacks, in the opening summary. Here is the latest on the situation there.

Ukraine’s state emergency service said that one man was killed and six injured, including a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, by “massive” Russian airstrikes on the city over the course of two hours after 9pm local time on Monday evening.

If you take all the usual types of weapons and count the foreign made components – about 60% would be coming from China. We have had lengthy discussions with some manufacturers about this. The PRC (China) is the biggest problem I would say.