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Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y says he's signed a decree that will bring Ukraine out of a treaty banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines.

The president said in his nightly video address that Ukraine was on the path to withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention in response to Russia's extensive use of mines in the war.

ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y said Russia had never been a party to the convention "and is using anti-personnel mines with utmost cynicism".

The mines, he added, are "often the instrument for which nothing can be substituted for defence purposes."

Russia has used anti-personnel mines extensively in parts of Ukraine where its forces have been operating. Ukraine sees the clearing of such mines as a key element in post-war recovery.

Other countries bordering Russia, notably Finland, Poland and the three ex-Soviet Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania- have either withdrawn from the convention or indicated that they would do so.

They have said withdrawing from the treaty would provide their forces with "flexibility and freedom of choice" to use new weapons systems, including anti-personnel mines, to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.

Russian attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours have killed at least six people, according to local officials. 

The strikes involved drones, artillery and guided bombs, hitting residential areas and critical infrastructure.

Two people were killed and eight more injured after attacks on six settlements in Kharkiv, its governor reported.

Another two people were killed in Kherson, governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported, as Russian strikes hit residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

In Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed in the Vasylivka district, officials said. A sixth person was killed in Donetsk, with at least four others injured, governor Vadym Filashkin said.

There were also reports of attacks in Dnipro, Kyiv and Sumy. In the latter, Russian attacks injured three civilians, regional authorities said.

Ukraine says Russia is faking its readiness for serious peace talks while proving on the battlefield that it's not prepared to end the war.

Vladimir Putin said last week that Moscow was willing to hold a new round of peace negotiations with Ukraine, potentially in Istanbul, although the time and venue had yet to be agreed. 

Two days later, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that peace with Ukraine depended "on the position of the Kyiv regime".

Responding this morning, Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential office and Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y's top aide, says the comments are signs of "yet another manipulation" from Moscow.

"They are made in parallel with missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and attempts to destroy critical infrastructure," he says.

"Russia is not just not ready for peace - it demonstrates this every day with its actions. 

"And at the same time, it is trying to impose a distorted picture on the world, where the Kremlin is supposedly 'open' and everyone else is guilty of 'war'."

In the last week alone, Kyiv says Russia has launched more than 114 missiles, 1,270 drones and nearly 1,100 guided aerial bombs at Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia have both said there were big differences between the proposals submitted by each side at the two previous rounds of talks.

Moscow has been demanding that Ukraine cede more land and abandon Western military support - conditions Kyiv calls unacceptable.

Donetsk and Kharkiv were the primary targets as Russia attacked Ukraine with 107 drones overnight, according to Kyiv's air force.

It said 15 strikes were recorded while 74 of the drones were downed around northern, eastern and southern areas of the country.

Of those, it says 64 were shot down, while 10 others were either lost or misguided using electronic warfare.

Russia has passed the grim milestone of losing more than one million troops in Ukraine since the start of the war, Kyiv's general staff claims.

It says Russia has lost around 1,020,010 troops in Ukraine since February 2022, including 1,070 casualties that Vladimir Putin's forces suffered just over the past day.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a US thinktank in Washington, said this month that as many as 250,000 Russians have died in Ukraine.

Ukraine, on the other hand, has sustained nearly 400,000 casualties, it added, with between 60,000 and 100,000 deaths.

For context: Although Kyiv does not disclose its own combat losses in any detail and Moscow is believed to drastically underestimate its own casualties, the CSIS figures are in line with British and US intelligence assessments.

The director of the CIA and head of Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) have agreed to remain in open contact following a recent phone call, the latter has told Russian state media.

"I had a phone call with my American counterpart, and we reserved for each other the possibility to call each other at any time and discuss issues of interest to us," Sergey Naryshkin said. 

He did not specify when the conversation took place, and CIA boss John Ratcliffe has not publicly confirmed the call.

Russian state media claimed the last known exchange between the two intelligence chiefs occurred in March.

By Mark Wyatt, live news reporter

Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine.

As usual, we're starting the week by zooming out to give you an overview of the key movements in the war over the last seven days.

Before we begin, here's a map showing the latest territorial updates on the battlefield. 

Now, here's everything you need to know:

Middle East dominates NATO summit

The war in Ukraine has been at the forefront of most NATO summits since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, but this wasn't the case as world leaders came together in The Hague last week.

Tensions in the Middle East and member states' pledges to increase defence spending took the main focus, although Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y did meet with leaders - including US President Donald Trump - on the sidelines of the summit.

Trump showed sympathy towards Ukraine's president, describing him as "very nice" during the nearly hour-long meeting, while striking a tougher tone on Russia. 

"Vladimir Putin really has to end that war. People are dying at levels that people haven't seen before for a long time," he said.

He added that Putin had offered to mediate in the Iran-Israel conflict, to which he responded: "No, you can help me with Russia."

Trump also said he is considering sending more Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine to help Kyiv fend off Russian attacks.

Deadly aerial attacks continue

Away from diplomacy and to the battlefield now, where dozens of Ukrainians have been killed due to Russian strikes over the last seven days.

Authorities said 10 were killed in Kyiv on Monday 23 June, while an attack the following night in the industrial Dnipro region killed at least 19 people and wounded nearly 300.

A drone strike on Odesa over the weekend killed a further two people and wounded 14, officials said, while another strike in the industrial city of Samar in Ukraine's southeast killed five.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian official said Russia launched its biggest aerial attack of the war.

Ukraine's air force said Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at the country on Saturday, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles.

But the air force also said one of its F-16 jets supplied by its Western partners crashed after sustaining damage while shooting down air targets, leaving the pilot dead.

On Ukraine's part, its intelligence agency, SBU, said a special forces operation had successfully destroyed two bombers at an airbase deep inside Russia.

A further two SU-34 aircraft were damaged in the operation, which saw long-range drones attack Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd region, the SBU said.

POW trade

Ukraine and Russia both traded prisoners of war last week, marking yet another in a recent series of exchanges between Kyiv and Moscow.

Six similar swaps have been carried out in recent weeks in accordance with agreements reached at the second round of peace talks held in Istanbul on 2 June.

Third round of talks

Speaking of peace talks, Putin said on Friday that Moscow was willing to hold a new round of peace negotiations with Ukraine, potentially in Istanbul, although the time and venue had yet to be agreed. 

The Russian president told reporters in Minsk that there were big differences between the proposals submitted by the two sides at previous talks but expressed hope that continued dialogue would help narrow the gap. 

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that peace depended "on the position of the Kyiv regime" as well as "how effectively Washington's mediating efforts continue".

Peskov did not elaborate on what Russia expects from Washington or Kyiv. Moscow has been demanding that Ukraine cede more land and abandon Western military support, conditions Kyiv calls unacceptable.

In full: ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y interview

In case you missed it, ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y sat down for an interview with Sky's chief presenter Mark Austin, where he claimed that Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO country within five years to test the alliance.

He also said the plans for NATO members to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 were "very slow" - adding: "We believe that, starting from 2030, Putin can have significantly greater capabilities."

Watch the full interview with ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y below.

We're pausing our coverage for today, but will be back soon with more updates on the war in Ukraine.

Here are the key lines from today:

• Ukrainian special forces destroyed two bombers at an airbase deep inside Russia, according to Ukraine's intelligence agency, SBU;
• The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programmes investigating war crimes in various countries, including Ukraine;
• Vladimir Putin said he plans to cut military spending in the long term, due to inflationary and budgetary pressures;
• South Korea's intelligence agency warned Russia could be preparing to launch a big summer attack on Ukraine with help from North Korean troops;
• At least five people died after a Russian missile attack in the industrial city of Samar in Ukraine's southeast, with more than 20 others injured.

Lithuania has become the latest eastern European country to initiate its withdrawal from the United Nations' landmine treaty.

It notified the UN that it would be leaving the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention, which bans their use, triggering the country's exit after six months.

The parliaments of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Poland - all NATO and EU members bordering Russia - have approved withdrawal of their countries from the treaty, citing the increased military danger from their neighbour. 

The anti-landmine treaty was drawn up in 1997 to stop the killing and wounding of civilians and bystanders long after conflicts had ended.

More than 40 million stockpiled mines were destroyed as a result.