- Reuters
Ukraine plans record power imports after infrastructure damage
Ukraine plans record electricity imports from five European countries on Monday after reporting significant energy infrastructure damage from Russian strikes, the energy ministry said. Imports are expected to rise to 19,484 megawatt hours (Mwh), beating the record of 18,649 Mwh at the end of March after the first wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sector. With the country facing a significant deficit in the system, it plans to import power from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova on Monday.
- Evening Standard
Labour MP Chris Bryant's warning after being diagnosed with skin cancer in lung
A Labour MP on Monday warned the public to “take skin cancer seriously” as he revealed he had been diagnosed with melanoma in his lung. Sir Chris Bryant said he was first diagnosed with a “particularly vicious form” of skin cancer five years ago and was given just a 40 per cent chance of living.
- Associated Press
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his army is locked in 'fierce' border battles amid a Russian assault
Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death toll from a Russian apartment building collapse blamed on Ukrainian shelling rose to 15. Zelenskyy said “fierce battles” are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern Ukraine as outgunned and outnumbered Ukrainian soldiers try to push back a significant Russian ground offensive. “Defensive battles are ongoing, fierce battles, on a large part of our border area,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address Sunday.
