Ukraine claims to have destroyed Russian warship in Black Sea. French President Emmanuel Macron calls on Ukraine's allies to "not be cowardly" in the face of a Russia that has "become unstoppable" The Ukrainian Air Force says it intercepted 18 of the 22 Shahed explosive drones launched into the Odessa region by Russia.

In two years of war, Kiev's forces managed to retreat the powerful Russian fleet in the Black Sea using missiles and maritime drones, allowing the reopening of a maritime corridor to export Ukrainian grain.