The Russian forces have blocked Kiev, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Mikolaiv in Ukraine, the chief of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate, Col. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy, said on Friday

An official at Energoatom, the state enterprise that runs Ukraine's four nuclear plants,  quoted by the media reports says there is no further fighting, the fire is out, radiation is normal and Russian forces are in control.

The number of people with the new coronavirus infection in Ukraine has reached 17,330 as health authorities have confirmed 483 new cases over the past 24 hours, mostly in the country's north, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday

Ukraine has registered 311 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, and the total number of people infected with COVID-19 climbed to 2,203, the Health Ministry said on Friday

Slavs all around the world celebrate June 25 as the annual Day of Friendship and Unity of the Slavic people