G7 and EU Support Ukraine, Call for Urgent Action in Gaza

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the European Commission's recommendation to begin talks on Ukraine's EU accession and expressed gratitude for G7 support. Ukraine claimed that Russia fired a missile at a civilian ship entering a port in Odesa, resulting in injuries and a death. Russian military courts sentenced two Ukrainian soldiers to lengthy prison terms over alleged shooting of civilians in Mariupol. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed stronger military ties with China. Slovakia's new government rejected plans to donate arms to Ukraine. Ukraine's military spy agency claimed responsibility for the death of a Russia-backed lawmaker in a car bomb attack. Russia placed another judge from the International Criminal Court on its wanted list. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev accused the US and its allies of increasing the risk of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons being used.