PM Kyiv time on July 26, there were 69 combat clashes along the front line with Russian forces. The hottest areas remain the Pokrovsk and Lyman directions, which accounted for more than half of all engagements,

Kiwi troops have been training soldiers in the UK as part of our Government’s support for Ukraine since the middle of 2022. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced in April that New Zealand is extending its deployment of 100 Defence Force personnel in the UK and throughout Europe to December next year.

Vasily Astrov, expert on the Russian economy at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, told Newsweek that "inflation has really subsided markedly over the past few months. The outcome of this policy has been a marked cooling of domestic demand, with the welcome side effect of rapid disinflation.