Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy orders purge of Ukraine state guard after alleged assassination plots

State security service said last month it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot Zelenskiy's assassination

Ukraine's state security service (SBU) said it had detained a mole" spying for Russia who passed on information about Ukrainian troop positions on the border with Belarus.

The SBU wrote on Telegram:

At the instruction of the occupiers (Russian military), the mole' established the locations of fortified areas and the approximate number of Ukrainian troops defending the border with Belarus.

He also tried to transmit the coordinates of warehouses with weapons and ammunition of the armed forces of Ukraine in the region.

For the first time, the EU has adopted a measure targeting specific vessels contributing to Russia's warfare against Ukraine, which are subject to a port access ban and ban on provision of services.

These vessels can be designated for various reasons such as the transport of military equipment for Russia, the transport of stolen Ukrainian grain, and support in the development of Russia's energy sector, for instance through the transport of LNG components or transshipments of LNG.