Key points
- No reason for West to worry about Russian warships in Cuba, Kremlin insists
- Moscow warns France it is getting too deeply involved in conflict
- Russia practises electronic missile launches during tactical nuclear drills
- Sunak to set out £240m Ukraine aid package as G7 to focus on Russia
- NATO to crack down on Russian spies after sabotage
- Big picture:Everything you need to know about the war right now
- Your questions answered:Are there any signs of an underground resistance in Russia?
- Live reporting by Katie Williamsand Emily Mee
Russian journalist killed in shelling
A Russian journalist covering the war has been killed by Ukrainian shelling on a village in eastern Ukraine, according to a local mayor.
Valery Kozhin, who worked for Russia's NTV television channel, was reportedly among a group of journalists hit in the strike on Holmivskyi.
NTV earlier reported three of its staff, including Mr Kozhin, had been injured and taken to hospital.
Holmivskyi is in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
Sunak calls $50bn loan deal 'game-changing' for Ukraine
The $50bn support package agreed by G7 leaders today is "game-changing", Rishi Sunak has said.
The UK prime minister said it would support Ukraine on the battlefield and in its economic reconstruction - but would also send a "signal" to Vladimir Putin.
"The signal that will send, the deterrence, is as important as the actual practical support and that has been what we've been focused on," he said.
Mr Sunak said the money would be provided by the G7 as a loan and then secured against profits of seized Russian assets.
Biden and Zelenskyy sign 10-year security agreement
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement aimed at providing support for Kyiv as it defends itself against the Russian invasion.
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of today's G7 summit.
It establishes that the two governments will meet within 24 hours at senior levels to discuss any response in the event of an armed attack against Ukraine.
It's also seen as "supporting a bridgeto Ukraine’s eventual membership in the NATO alliance," the text said.
Sunak and Zelenskyy embrace after bilateral meeting
The British and Ukrainian leaders held a bilateral meeting at the G7 today.
Rishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelenskyy walked through the grounds of the summit for 10 minutes on the British prime minister's request.
They spoke at length and in depth about the situation in Ukraine, with the conversation taking a serious tone.
They embraced at the end and Mr Zelenskyy wished the prime minister "all the best".
Russian cyberattacks becoming 'more aggressive', Microsoft chief warns
"Sophisticated" Russian cyberattacks are becoming "more aggressive" and intrusions could become harder to prevent, the vice chairman of Microsoft has warned.
Brad Smith testified to the US House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security today, two months after a scathing report on the tech giant's cybersecurity failings.
A transcript of Mr Smith's testimony shows he warned US politicians that Russia's Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) "continues to be one of the best resourced and most sophisticated cyber agencies in the world".
He said Microsoft had seen the agency become "more aggressive" over the past year.
The SVR is no longer withdrawing from a computer environment once discovered, but is instead doubling down, leading to the equivalent of "hand-to-hand combat" in cyberspace, Mr Smith said.
He warned of a "more direct relationship between nation-state activity and cybercrime, especially in Russia and North Korea".
Mr Smith also said preparations were needed for the likelihood that the US's opponents would "collaborate more closely in cyberspace".
"It's one thing to engage in cyber combat with four separate nation-state adversaries [Russia, China, North Korea and Iran], but quite another scenario if two or all four of these countries work in tandem," he said.
Putin's plan to wait for world's support to stop has failed, Germany says
Vladimir Putin's plan to wait for international support for Kyiv to stutter has failed, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.
His remarks came after G7 leaders agreed at a summit in Italy to provide additional financial support for Ukraine - including a loan deal worth roughly $50bn using interest raised through frozen Russian assets.
Mr Scholz said the agreement showed wealthy developed nations were committed to helping Ukraine more than two years after Moscow's invasion.
"It is a clear sign to the Russian president that he cannot simply sit this matter out and hope that he will succeed in winning this war at some point because of fiscal problems in some countries in the world that are currently supporting Ukraine. He hasn't," he said.
Three-year-old among injured in strike on eastern Ukrainian city
Six people, including two children, have been injured in a Russian strike in the eastern region of Dnipro, an official has said.
Regional governor Serhii Lysak said one of the children - a three-year-old girl - has been taken to hospital with an explosive injury, burns and scratches after the attack on the city of Novomoskovsk.
Another girl, aged 12, is recovering at home after "an acute reaction to stress", he said.
Some 91 houses, five educational buildings and gas infrastructure was also damaged, said Mr Lysak.
Zelenskyy: Weapons restrictions lift allowed more protection for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just made a speech at the G7 summit in Italy.
In it, he thanked leaders for lifting restrictions on how Ukraine could use their donated weapons - allowing Kyiv to strike inside Russian territory itself.
The president said it allowed "enhanced protection" for Ukrainians from Russian airstrikes, but that Kyiv needed "consecutive steps" to strengthen it's long-range capability.
He also called on the leaders to look into a Marshall Plan-style reconstruction blueprint - referencing another name for theEuropean Recovery Programme enacted in the US in 1948 - which saw Washington send billions to Europe to help nations recover after the Second World War.
Beijing protests against British inclusion of Chinese firms in Russia sanctions
Beijing has issued a statement outlining its strong opposition to Britain's decision to include five Chinese firms in sanctions imposed on Russia today (see 12.35pm post).
The Chinese embassy in London said it has lodged solemn representations with the British side.
The sanctions were a "unilateral act" without any basis in international law, a spokesperson from the embassy said in a statement.
The sanctions targeted China-based Hengshui Yuanchem Trading and Hong Kong-based HK Hengbangwei Electronics for allegedly being or having been involved in "destabilising Ukraine" or "undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine."
US and British sanctions look specifically to target businesses, including some in China, producing semiconductors and selling them to Russia.
Semiconductors have been found in a wide array of Russian equipment, from drones to radios, missiles and armoured vehicles, recovered from the battlefield, Ukrainian officials say.
Ukraine and Japan sign security agreement worth £3.5bn
As expected, Ukraine and Japan have signed a security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy.
"In 2024, Japan will provide Ukraine with $4.5bn (£3.5bn) and will continue to support us throughout the agreement's entire 10-year term," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, announcing the deal.
"This includes security and defence assistance, humanitarian aid, technical and financial cooperation, as well as joint efforts on the peace formula," he added.
"Additionally, the agreement implies sanctions against the aggressor and efforts to hold the aggressor accountable."
The US and Ukraine are set to sign a separate agreement later today.
