Pavel Polityuk

Russia continued ​attacking Ukrainian energy ‌facilities in the capital ​Kyiv ​and five other regions ⁠on ​Friday, causing emergency ​power outages, Ukraine's energy ministry ​said.

Waves of Russian strikes on Ukraine killed ​several people and wounded dozens, including attacks on energy facilities which Kyiv called a violation of a ceasefire on such targets announced by Donald Trump.

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The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia to discuss efforts to ​end their four-and-a-half-year war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of ​spreading Russian propaganda and of supporting Russia's aggressive policy ‌toward Ukraine.

Russia's Defence Ministry said it had downed 822 Ukrainian drones throughout the country in the latest attacks.

Ukraine has lost about a third of its capacity to export grain via its vital Black Sea ‌ports due to intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks, the country's main farmers' union said.

Ukraine will do ‌everything possible to protect its seaports and guarantee grain exports at no less than last season's level, its deputy economy minister, Taras Vysotskiy, told Reuters on Wednesday.

Ukraine's economy ministry has proposed raising state railway Ukrzaliznytsia's freight tariffs by 30% ‌from August 1 to help stabilise the company's financial position, although steelmakers and agricultural producers warned this could make them less competitive.

A rise in Russian attacks on Ukrainian seaports and vessels could cut monthly grain shipments by as much as a third and have left ​terminal operators facing mounting losses they say they cannot cover alone, officials and industry executives said.