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10 Best Catamarans for 2023

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Last Updated on November 3, 2023 by Boatsetter Team

Catamarans have taken the boating world by storm, becoming the fastest-growing segment, with both sail and power cats dominating the market. Some of the best catamarans have been launched in the past 12 months! Let us introduce you to five power catamarans and five sail multihulls, and then let us get you on the water with one! Here are the ten best catamarans for 2023 :

• World Cat 260 CCX 
• Four Winns TH36 
• Leopard 40 PC 
• Aquila 42 PC 
• HammerCat 45 
• Fountaine Pajot Tanna 47 
• Bali 4.4 

Balance 442

• Minicat 310 

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World cat 260 ccx.

Image Source: https://worldcat.com/models/260cc-x/

The sixth model in the builder’s center console line , the World Cat 260 CCX , is compact but packed with features, including a wraparound U-lounge for relaxing or casting, a 30-gallon live well, a 120-quart insulated fish box and twin 200-hp outboards that draw on 180 gallons of fuel. This is a small but serious fishing machine.

Four Winns TH36

image source: https://www.fourwinns.com/new-era

The new Four Winns TH36 is the first outboard-powered catamaran introduced by the builder. The dual console design has a walkthrough windshield and room for 15 or more guests. Power is provided by twin 300-hp outboards upgradeable to 350s, making this runabout speedy and fun.

Leopard 40 PC

Joining her 46- and 53-foot siblings, the new Leopard 40 PC is a couple’s cruiser with many of the same features as the two larger models but on a much smaller (and for some, more approachable) platform. Engine packages range from 250 hp to 370 hp, and a top speed of 20 knots is expected.

Aquila 42 PC

Image Source: https://www.aquilaboats.com/news/42-yacht

The new 42 falls in the middle of the Aquila range and offers two staterooms, multiple sunbeds, a utility cabin , and numerous layout configuration options. She has engines from Volvo Penta and a spacious flybridge with steps that lead directly down to the foredeck for easy maneuvering.

HammerCat 45

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The new HammerCat 45 is versatile and can work as a sportfish platform, a dive boat, a day cruiser, or a superyacht tender. This center console has a hardtop and a Carolina bow and is built in epoxy and carbon fiber to keep weight down and performance up. Expect a 55- knot top end and a 30-knot cruise depending on the engine package selected. 

Sailing Catamarans:

Fountaine pajot tanna 47.

Image Source: https://www.catamarans-fountaine-pajot.com/en/sailing-catamarans/catamaran-tanna-47/

This French-built sailing cruiser has space in spades. The new FP Tanna 47 is based on (and shares a hull design with) her predecessor, the Saona 47, but clever tweaks have made this a whole new boat. The cabin house and deck have been revamped, the flybridge is 40% larger, the salon/ galley has gained storage options, and the helm is more ergonomic than before.

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Bali has captured the hearts of sailors who love lots of living space, large household-style appliances, and simplicity. Bali cats are unique for their combination salon/ cockpit layout, and the 4.4 joins her siblings in this groundbreaking design. With the touch of a button, a “garage door” lifts, connecting the indoors with the outdoors with minimum redundancy in living arrangements.

Image Source: https://balancecatamarans.com/balance-442/

Fast and packed with proven cruising features, the Balance 442 is the little sister to last year’s 482. Perfectly sized for couples, this boat was designed for distance cruisers by distance cruisers. There’s even an option for a large solar array to make living at anchor easy and just about carbon neutral.

Image Source: https://www.cata-lagoon.com/en/55

French catamaran builder, Lagoon, has introduced a new VPLP-designed cruising cat that you can test in charter soon. The Lagoon 55 slots just above the newly introduced 51and are offered as a large and comfortable flybridge model with up to six cabins to accommodate an overnight crowd. 

Minicat 310

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Not all cats are of the large, expensive fiberglass variety. An affordable multihull can be had in Europe’s Minicat 310 Sport, an inflatable beach cat weighing only 77 pounds and packing down into a single bag. This cat has sophisticated big boat features like roller furling, a fully battened mainsail, keels, and an attachment for a small outboard.

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These models, representing some of the best catamaran brands on the market today, are pretty new, so there aren’t many out there yet, but if you get a chance to step aboard one, you won’t be disappointed. One way to potentially test one is via a peer-to-peer boat-sharing service like Boatsetter that pairs owners, who can offset boat ownership costs, with charters, who can enjoy luxury boats without the long-term commitment. 

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Horizon Power Catamarans 68 Reviewed

• By Tom Serio
• September 22, 2023

The increasing popularity of power catamarans means more boaters are discovering the brand Horizon Power Catamarans, which has been building for this market for 37 years. Its latest model, the PC68 , blends sea-kindly performance with a high level of luxury in a strong build.

Horizon Power Catamarans has done a lot to optimize the space that this yacht’s 24-foot-6-inch beam affords. The sheer size felt impressive when I boarded from either hull platform (they flank a high-low hydraulic platform) or via the side gates. The cockpit has a 9-foot-long high-gloss wood table that seats eight guests, with real estate to move around unimpeded. The wet bar here has a Corian countertop, a fridge and an ice maker. There is still plenty of room to get to the curved staircase to port, providing access with grab rails to the flybridge.

The salon is through a 6-foot-wide glass door with a stainless-steel frame. Inside is an average of 7-foot headroom, which feels like walking into an upscale club. To port is a sofa, accented by a custom wood-and-metal coffee table. Across from there is the low-profile, open galley with three stools at a center island for informal dining. The galley has Miele appliances, including a four-burner cooktop, a convection oven and a fridge, along with a dishwasher and a cooling drawer by Fisher & Paykel. Corian countertops wrap around the island for added panache.

Forward is the primary gathering spot, with a deep, soft, L-shaped sofa. It’s surrounded on three sides by windows. A custom coffee table houses dual ottomans. This area can also be set up as an on-deck master stateroom (see sidebar).

Dismiss the thinking that lower staterooms on a multihull yacht are small and constricted. Horizon Power Catamarans performed some design magic and created four spacious dwellings. In the starboard hull, the master stateroom has a private entrance with a walkaround king-size berth athwartships in the peak, giving the owner an exterior view via a frameless hullside window. The master’s en suite head has his-and-hers sinks and a shower stall. A vanity, cabinets and cedar-lined, full-height closets are included.

The en suite VIP stateroom in the port hull has a queen-size berth. Two additional en suite staterooms, each with twin berths, are in either hull.

Sizable entertaining space is on the flybridge. Most of this deck is open for rest and relaxation, with the helm to port. Twin Stidd helm seats allow for a companion to assist in navigation or take in the views underway. Three 22-inch Garmin multifunction displays show navigation data, camera feeds, engine specs and more, while individual displays for the MAN diesels are neatly laid out in the dash, along with switches, thruster joysticks and throttle controls. Helm air conditioning is via two outlets.

Two windshields are split by a pass-through electric door. Guests can also enjoy the ride from the forward benchseat to starboard. A filler cushion can be used to make this a lounge-pad area.

Abaft the flybridge helm are a tiered bar, three chairs, Corian countertops, cooler drawers, an ice maker and a wet bar. Across from there is a C-shaped settee for several guests with a fold-out wood table. The seating is a touch higher than I expected, but Horizon builds in a raised footrest to ensure folks are comfortable. The height adds to the visibility.

This space also has a sky lounge option with side windows and an after bulkhead, but the versatility of the open bridge with Sea Crylic curtains for the sides and aft provides the best of both worlds.

What is really exciting is the PC68’s Portuguese deck. Through the flybridge forward door are two L-shaped settees with high-low tables. Guests can easily transit from the flybridge without having to walk around the boat’s sides. Also, the tables lower and have fill-in cushions that convert them to sun pads and loungers. A portside staircase leads guests to the foredeck with pulpit seats at the bow. All these areas have railings up to 33 inches high, in stainless steel, for safety.

Aft on the flybridge is room for a 17-foot tender with a 1,750-pound-capacity crane. There’s also room for lounge chairs. A grill station is in one corner, and a day head with a shower is in the other.

“I’m very pleased with the way the 68 came out,” Richard Ford, Horizon Power Catamarans founder and CEO, says with a grin, adding that production will never be mass-scale because the company wants to ensure quality control and resale value. “We don’t build a lot of boats. We don’t want to.”

Quality, he adds, promotes reliability—so much so that he gives each owner his personal cell number. The commitment to quality is also evident everywhere on board the Horizon Power Catamarans 68.

On-Deck Master

As an option, the standard salon space forward can be ordered as a full-beam master stateroom with wraparound windows, a centerline king berth and an en suite head in the lower port hull. In this layout, the two twin-bunk guest staterooms belowdecks remain, as does the VIP, which is relocated to starboard.

Powered by twin 850 hp MAN i6 diesel engines spinning five-blade Veem props, the PC68 cruises easily at 19.7 knots, burning 52 gallons per hour and offering a range of approximately 644 nautical miles based on the 1,500-gallon fuel capacity. At wide open and 2,400 rpm, this power cat hit 24.8 knots, burning 82 gph with a range of 514 nm. Pull back to 10 knots at 1,200 rpm for a 1,417 nm range at a miserly 12 gph.

Multihull yachts ride differently than monohulls, often counteracting the sea’s motion for a smoother, more stable ride. On the PC68, sharp hull entries make head seas seem gentle, and a Humphree stabilization system with blades reduces roll. Horizon Power Catamarans uses SCRIMP construction for resin saturation that maximizes strength with an 111,112-pound displacement. And with a 5-foot-4-inch draft, the PC68 invites island cruising.

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A dismantlable powercat can be transported on a simple flatbed trailer... as long as it is of reasonable length and light in weight. Naval architect Richard Woods was able to test the validity of the concept with his own Skoota 28: the Aegean 30 is a development of the Skoota 28, still for building in plywood/epoxy and dismantlable. The objective was to increase the beam - now close to that of a sailing catamaran - and the headroom while offering two additional berths in the hulls. The outboard motors make beaching easier and safer - no rudders and engine legs. Two 40 to 60 HP engines guarantee a cruising speed of 10-12 knots (16-20 knots top speed).

Architect: Richard Woods Design  Material: Epoxy plywood Overall length: 30’2” (9.20m) Waterline length: 289’ (8.85 m) Beam: 16’5” (5.00 m) Draft: 14” (0.36 m) Headroom in nacelle: 6’3” (1.90 m) Light displacement: 5,500 lbs (2.5 t) Laden displacement: 7,000 lbs (3.2 t) Engines: 2 x 40 to 60 HP outboards  Cruising speed: 10/12 knots Max speed: 16/20 knots

L925 SEMI DISPLACEMENT POWER CAT

Amateur or professional construction in plywood/epoxy.

New Zealand-based naval architecture firm Dan Leech is offering a number of power multihulls from 25 to 60 feet (7.5 to 18 m) for amateur or professional construction. Among them, the L925 is the perfect choice for relaxed cruising for a couple. This model is built in ½” (12 mm) plywood - the panels can be digitally cut - with glass/epoxy reinforcements. Its limited beam will allow you access to a marina slip without any noticeable extra cost. On the other hand, the gain in habitability and stability is considerable compared to a single-hulled motorboat. This kind of construction is very accessible to an enlightened amateur (4,000 hours of work were counted for the first model) all the more so as having outboard motors for propulsion considerably simplifies the technical aspects. Despite its semi-displacement hulls, the L925 is capable of making more than 20 knots with two 90 hp engines.

Construction: Amateur or professional Architect: Dan Leech Naval Architect Length: 30’4” (9.25 m) Waterline length: 24’9” (7.55 m) Beam: 11’ (3.35 m) Draft: 19” (0.48 m) - engines up Recommended engines: 2 x 90 HP outboards Cruising speed: 17 knots Max speed: 22 knots Fuel: 79 US gal (300 l)

ARROWCAT 320

Compact but luxurious.

The ArrowCat 320 is a successful model - now in its third generation. The smallest of the Arrowcat range, it features a luxurious finish - rare in compact powercats - such as a wooden steering wheel, or modern, full instrumentation on a carbon-look dashboard. Inside, the manufacturer has paid particular attention to the owner’s cabin. The 320 is powered by two outboard motors. The limited beam of 10 feet (3.05 m) allows the boat to be transported by road in certain countries such as the United ...

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By Robert Bowman | Posted On Sep 15, 2022 Updated On May 03, 2023

The story of the evolution of the power catamaran can be broken down to a simple act of marital duty. it was the 1940's and Ray Leger loved to fish off of the California coast with his wife Evelyn. Ray had been a carpenter and capitalized on the booming Southern California housing market after World War 2, later using his skills and equipment to construct fishing boats. Evelyn would routinely suffer from seasickness, a problem that Ray needed to solve in order to keep fishing. Knowing that a catamaran offered greater stability, Ray set out to build one with outboard motors. The first one, an 18-foot cabin cruiser, was outfitted with twin 33hp outboards. By the 1960's, construction had moved to fiberglass hulls and the popularity quickly soared.

Today, power catamarans are among the fastest growing segments in the marine industry, as are sailing catamarans . A recent report shows that the global catamaran market as a whole is worth over $4 billion and has an annual growth rate of over 6%. That's nearly double what the average CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is for the boating industry in total.

The transition to power cats really came from charter customers in the Caribbean that would vacation on sailing cats in the BVI's for weeks at a time. The catamarans offered greater stability, but also an incredible amount of space on board thanks to the wider beams. But people on vacation enjoying the trip would end up using the small engines most of the time as sailing comes with a certain amount of effort. Now it's common to see power catmarans in charter in the Caribbean, as well as privately owned boats behind someone's house.

As more boaters get exposed to the benefits of power catamarans, the number of builders has grown as well. Power cat brands like Aquila Boats , as an example, weren't around in the early 2000's, but are now a common boat to see all over Florida or the Northeast. Prestige Yachts also just released their very first power cat into the market, the M48. Trying to claim that one power catamaran builder is the "best" among all of the others is a tough decision as there are many factors. If judged by number of units sold over the last 10 years, then Leopard is the best power catamaran builder in the industry. Looking at boats sold globally in the MLS over the last decade, Leopard Catamarans sold 40% more vessels than the second leading power cat builder, Fountain Pajot . Other notable power cat brands that led in overall sales were Endeavor, Lagoon, and Aquila.

(Below: On the extreme luxury power catamaran market, the Sunreef 80 is among the best.)

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While the number of boats sold into the marketplace is a sign of strength in a builder, it also may not necessarily equate to 'being the best power catamaran' in terms of quality. Like with monohulls, there are varying degrees of both quality and price when it comes to the subsects of the power cat industry. Both Sunreef and Horizon Yachts have expanded into large luxury power cats that, even when more than 10 years old, can still command more than $2 million as an asking price.

One way to tell if the catamaran you're buying is well-recognized for its quality is to look at some of the recent award winners. Many of the editors of multi-hull focused magazines are experts in this category and have real-life experiences on dozens of different models. Here are a few notable ones:

• Fountaine Pajot MY4.S won the 2022 Multi-Hull of the Year Award for its category (36.1' and reaches 22 knots!)
• The Aquila 54 won 2021 Multi-hull of the Year 
• The Leopard 53 Power Cat won 2020 Multi-Hull of the Year
• The Lagoon 55 won the 2021 British Yachting Awards

(Below: The new Fountaine Pajot MY4.S offers a new 'sport top' style for the longtime catamaran builder.)

Whether you're purchasing a new or pre-owned power catamaran, its resale value is of the utmost importance. Nothing can stifle your enthusiasm when you are trying to sell your existing yacht only to have it sit on the market for a long time while diminishing in value. If this is of concern to you, the best advice is to stick with the more mainstream, reputable catamaran builders. Boats with odd layouts, underpowered engines, outlandish decor, and other out-of-the-norm equipment can cause your boat to sit on the market longer than anticipated.

The market demand has also improved in recent years. Over the last decade, power catamarans took roughly 330 days to sell. Almost a full year! Since 2020, however, that amount of time has decreased by 19%. Among the builders that sold within 100 days of hitting the market, Aquila, Endeavor, Fountaine Pajot, Leopard, and Robertson & Caine were prominent. 

(Below: The Aquila 54 Power Catamaran has a tri-deck design with a beam of over 25-feet.)

At United Yacht Sales, we have over 250 experienced yacht brokers worldwide. Many have years of real hands-on experience with power catamarans, sailing cats, sailboats, and other similar vessels. We can assist you in the sale of your current yacht, or represent you in the purchase of a new one. Call us today at 1-772-463-3131 and we will connect you with the right sales professional that perfectly sits your needs and situation.

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At the same time, Ukraine has sent its forces into Russia's Kursk region in recent weeks in the largest incursion on to Russian soil since the Second World War. The move is partly an effort to force Russia to draw troops away from the Donetsk front.

Five killed by Russian strike as Moscow continues latest push in Ukraine’s east

Five people were killed by Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday as Moscow's troops continue their push on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

The attack hit a high-rise building and a private home, said regional governor Vadym Filaskhin, who said the victims were men aged between 24 and 38.

He urged the last remaining residents to leave the frontline town, which had a pre-war population of 12,000.

"Normal life has been impossible in Chasiv Yar for more than two years," Mr Filaskhin wrote on social media. "Do not become a Russian target - evacuate."

Russia says five killed and 46 injured in Ukraine strike on Belgorod

Five people were killed and 46 injured in Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod late on Friday, the local governor said.

Vyacheslav Gladkov also said 37 people, including seven children, were taken to hospital.

Video from a car dashboard, posted on social media and purporting to demonstrate the attack, showed another car being blown up while moving on the road. Seconds later an explosion is seen on the other side of the road.

Ukraine has staged frequent attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions in recent months.

Ukraine and Russia say they do not deliberately target civilians in the war that began when Russia sent thousands of troops into its smaller neighbour in February 2022. Moscow has called the invasion a "special military operation".

Recap: Let us strike deep inside Russia where it will hurt them, Ukraine pleads with West

Ukraine’s top diplomat has called on the European Union to pressure the US into allowing them to use Western long-range missiles to strike deeper into Russian territory . The request comes ahead of crunch talks between senior Kyiv and Washington officials later this week.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister, speaking in Brussels on Thursday, where he is attending an informal meeting of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers, urged the EU to “play a role in persuading the US” to green-light the deeper strikes .

Ukraine needs “support to finally lift restrictions on long-range strikes on all legitimate military targets in Russia”, Mr Kuleba told Politico . “Of course this decision lies mainly with the United States and the UK, but France is also a party and part of the EU.”

My colleague Tom Watling reports:

Let us strike deep inside Russia where it will hurt them, Ukraine pleads

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO's Stoltenberg

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region is legitimate and covered by Kyiv's right to self-defence, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told German weekly Welt am Sonntag in his first reaction to the advance into Russian territory.

"Ukraine has a right to defend itself. And according to international law, this right does not stop at the border," Stoltenberg told the paper, adding that NATO had not been informed about Ukraine's plans beforehand and did not play a role in them.

The NATO chief said Ukraine was running a risk with the advance onto Russian territory but that it was up to Kyiv how to conduct its military campaign.

"(Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy has made clear that the operation aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further Russian attacks from across the border," he said.

"Like all military operations, this comes with risks. But it is Ukraine's decision how to defend itself."

Kyiv launched a major cross-border incursion into the Kursk region on Aug. 6, while Moscow's troops keep pressing towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine.

The incursion was also discussed at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine-Council on Wednesday that was requested by Kyiv amid Moscow's biggest wave of air attacks on its neighbour.

The council, grouping members of the Western military alliance and Ukraine, was established last year to enable closer coordination between the alliance and Kyiv.

Russia has called the Kursk operation a "major provocation" and said it would retaliate.

Russia jails journalist for eight years over Ukraine war reporting

A Russian journalist has been sentenced to eight years in prison after his newspaper reported on Russia ’s attacks on civilians in Ukraine , a human rights group said.

Prosecutors convicted Sergei Mikhailov in a court in the Siberian city of Gorno-Altaysk for “spreading false information” about the Russian army that was motivated by “political hatred”, the Net Freedoms Project said.

The 48-year-old journalist and editor at local newspaper Listok, or Leaflet, was arrested in 2022 near Moscow for posting on the publication’s Telegram channel and website about the horrors in the Ukrainian cities of Bucha and Mariupol.

Rachel Hagan reports:

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Russian forces have gained control of the Kirove settlement, known in Ukraine as Verezamske, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions which Russia says it has annexed even though it does not fully control all of them, a territorial claim which Kyiv and the West have rejected as illegal and one which Ukraine has vowed to reverse by force.

Russia has been making incremental gains in the region at a time when Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on 6 August.

Separately, the defence ministry said in a bulletin about developments in Russia's Kursk region that its forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks there, including towards settlements of Korenevo and Malaya Loknya.

Russian officials have said Kyiv's attack on the Kursk region will fail to divert Russian forces away from the east of Ukraine where they are still advancing.

The officials also say Ukraine's foray into Russian territory will ensnare thousands of its troops in a new front which has little strategic or tactical importance.

Ukrainian residential building burns after Russian attack on Kharkiv that killed seven

Ukrainian residential building burns after Russian attack on Kharkiv kills seven

Ukrainian air defence downs 24 Russian drones, Kyiv says

Ukrainian air defences shot down 24 out of 52 drones launched by Russia during overnight attacks on eight regions across Ukraine, the air force said on Saturday.

It said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that 25 Shahed drones had fallen on their own and three others had flown towards Russia and Belarus. There were no reports of anybody being hurt in the attacks or of any major damage being caused.

Ukraine uses electronic warfare as well as mobile hunting groups and aircraft defences to repel frequent Russian drone and missile strikes.

Air alerts sounded several times during the overnight drone attacks, with many people rushing to shelters in the middle of the night.

In the capital Kyiv, where alerts lasted for about four hours, it was the fourth drone attack this week, officials said. All drones targeting the city were downed and no major damage was reported, Kyiv city officials said.

Ukrainian air defences also shot down Russian drones in the Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyrovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions in central Ukraine, in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the north and the Mykolayiv region in the south.

Regional officials in the Cherkasy region said the drones' debris had damaged several private houses.

The Russian forces also launched five missiles during the attack, the Ukrainian air force said, but gave no other details.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired the commander of the country's air force on Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot.

The order to dismiss Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk was published on the presidential website.

Lt. Gen. Anatolii Kryvonozhko was appointed acting air force commander, the army's general staff said.

The dismissal came on the same day that Oleshchuk directed scathing criticism at a lawmaker who is deputy head of the Ukrainian parliament's defense committee for her claims that the F-16 was downed by a Patriot air-defense system. Ukraine has received an unspecified number of the U.S.-made systems.

Mariana Bezuhla cited unnamed sources for her claim and demanded punishment for those responsible for the error.

Oleshchuk accused Bezuhla of defaming the air force and discrediting U.S. arms manufacturers and said that he hoped she would face legal consequences for her claims.

"The truth will win," Bezuhla posted on X shortly after the dismissal order was published.

The air force did not directly deny that the F-16 was hit by a Patriot missile.

US experts have joined the Ukrainian investigation into the crash, the air force said.

Ukraine calls for Putin’s arrest when he visits Mongolia next week

Ukraine urged Mongolia to arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes when he visited the country on 3 September.

The International Criminal Court ( ICC ) issued an arrest warrant in March last year accusing Mr Putin of the war crime of unlawfully deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine to Russia during its invasion of Ukraine . The Kremlin responded saying it was “not worried”.

“The Ukrainian side hopes that the government of Mongolia is aware of the fact that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal,” the Ukrainian foreign ministry said on Telegram.

Shahana Yasmin reports:

Five people were killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod late on Friday, the local governor said, the latest in a series of strikes by Ukraine on the city in recent months.

Vyacheslav Gladkov said 37 of the injured, including seven children, were taken to hospitals in the city, which lies 40 km (25 miles) north of the border with Ukraine.

Video filmed from inside a vehicle, posted on social media and purporting to show the attack, showed a car being blown up while moving along a road. Seconds later another explosion is seen metres away. Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the video.

Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack.

"Once again we call on all responsible governments and relevant international structures to strongly condemn this brutal terrorist attack and publicly distance themselves from the Kyiv regime and its Western curators who commit such crimes," it said on Saturday.

The ministry added that Russia's "special military operation" will continue until it reaches all the goals including Ukraine's "demilitarisation and de-nazification".

Russia's Investigation Committee said on its Telegram channel that it had initiated a criminal case into the attack.

Authorities also reported that a woman was injured on Saturday during Ukrainian shelling of the border town of Shebekino in the Belgorod region.

Ukraine has staged frequent attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions in recent months, with the city the focal point of the attacks.

Ukraine and Russia say they do not deliberately target civilians in the war that began when Russia sent thousands of troops into its smaller neighbour in February 2022.

With men at the front lines, women watch over Ukraine's night sky for Russian drones

Ukraine says US experts are helping figure out why a Ukrainian F-16 crashed in the war with Russia

Let us strike deep inside Russia where it will hurt them, Ukraine pleads with West

Ukraine’s top diplomat has called on the European Union to pressure the US into allowing them to use Western long-range missiles to strike deeper into Russian territory .

The request comes ahead of crunch talks between senior Kyiv and Washington officials later this week.

Child among dead as Russian glide bomb strikes playground in Kharkiv

What is Ukraine really up to with its audacious Kursk land grab?

One month on from President Zelensky’s Russian incursion began, The Independent ’s Mary Dejevsky asks whether it is a strategic game-changer as a powerful bargaining chip – or simply a defensive move to prevent a direct march on Kyiv.

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin ahead of visit

Ukraine has called on Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his visit next Tuesday.

This will be the Russian president’s first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state since a warrant was issued for his arrest for war crimes.

An ICC spokesperson told the BBC that Mongolian officials “have the obligation” to abide by ICC regulations, but it did not mean that an arrest had to take place.

“We have an excellent rapport with our partners from Mongolia,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow.

“Of course, all aspects of the president’s visit have been carefully prepared.”

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO’s Stoltenberg

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is legitimate and covered by Kyiv’s right to self-defence, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told German weekly Welt am Sonntag.

“Ukraine has a right to defend itself. And according to international law, this right does not stop at the border,” Stoltenberg told the paper, adding that NATO had not been informed about Ukraine’s plans beforehand and did not play a role in them.

Stoltenberg added that it was up to Kyiv how they planned to conduct their military campaign.

“(Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy has made clear that the operation aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further Russian attacks from across the border,” he said.

“Like all military operations, this comes with risks. But it is Ukraine’s decision how to defend itself.”

More photos from the Russian attack on Kharkiv

It was reported that at least seven people, including a 14-year-old girl were killed and 47 injured after Russia reportedly fired a glide bomb at an apartment block in northeast Ukraine.

Below, we have some of the latest photos from that attack.

Seven dead and 77 injured in Russian strike in Kharkiv

The death toll from a Russian strike on the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to seven.

At least 77 people were also wounded, local authorities said.Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that about 20 of the injured were in severe condition.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky added that a 14-year-old girl was among the dead.

In the wake of the Kharkiv strike, Mr Zelensky renewed a call on Western allies to allow Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to attack Russian military air bases.

Zelensky fires Ukrainian air force commander days after F-16 crash

Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the chief of Ukraine ’s air force days after an F-16 pilot was killed defending against a large-scale Russian attack.In the first known Ukrainian loss of the US-made fighter jets , Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Mes was killed in an aerial battle on Monday, as Moscow launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.Air force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk had angrily rejected claims by Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuhla, who cited unnamed sources, that the jet had been downed in “friendly fire” by a US Patriot missile.Hours after Mr Oleschuk’s denunciation of Ms Bezuhla, the Ukrainian president announced that he had dismissed the air force commander from his post.

Volodymyr Zelensky fires Ukrainian air force commander days after F-16 crash

Traumatized Lioness rescued from Ukraine takes first steps outside

Traumatized Lioness rescued from war-torn Ukraine takes first steps outside

Embarrassed Putin is struggling to stop Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk

Why an embarrassed Putin is struggling to stop Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk

Why is Russia launching massive airstrikes across Ukraine?

EU's top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine's backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia

Let us strike inside Russia where it will hurt them, Ukraine pleads

Ukraine says it advances in kursk region, urges allies help defend air space.

Ukraine‘s armed forces commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi has said his troops have advanced up to 2 km (1.2 miles) in Russia’s Kursk region in the past day, pressing on with the cross-border incursion it started more than three weeks ago.

Syrskyi also said Russian troops had failed in their latest bid to pierce Ukrainian defences in the Pokrovsk area of eastern Ukraine.

Kyiv launched its surprise operation into Kursk in western Russia on 6 August. It has claimed to control about 100 settlements and said it reached up to 35 km (22 miles) deep into the region, but later advances appeared to have stalled.

Syrskyi said on Friday his troops had moved forward again with a renewed effort, gaining 5 square km of Russian territory in the past 24 hours.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was briefed by Syrskyi via video link, said on Telegram the Ukrainian military had taken more prisoners.

More photos from the Kharkiv attack

Earlier, we reported that at least five people were killed and 47 injured after Russia reportedly fired a glide bomb at an apartment block in northeast Ukraine.

Photos from the frontline

Eu to train kyiv's forces close to ukraine but not inside country, borrell says.

European Union defence ministers have agreed the bloc’s training of Ukrainian forces should take place as close as possible to the war-torn country but not on Ukrainian territory, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday.

Speaking after a meeting of the ministers in Brussels, Borrell also said they had agreed the EU’s training mission should aim to train 75,000 Ukrainian troops by the end of the year - having trained 60,000 up until now.

Kharkiv strike is another example of Russia’s ‘genocidal type of war’, says top Kyiv official

An advisor to the Ukrainian president’s office has called out Kyiv’s Western allies for not providing more support to counter Russia’s “genocidal type of war” after Moscow killed at least five people and injured 47 more in a day strike on a playground.

Mykhailo Podolyak, writing on X, formerly Twitter, said that Russia was trying “to test the world to see how long it is prepared to look blankly at unconditional and premeditated war crimes against civilians”.

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin on ICC warrant

Ukraine has urged Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin, due there on 3 September, on an International Criminal Court warrant.

“We call on the Mongolian authorities to comply with the mandatory international arrest warrant and transfer Putin to the International Criminal Court in the Hague,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Telegram.

UPD: Five dead and 40 injured in Kharkiv

The casualty toll from a Russian strike on the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to five dead and forty wounded, the local governor has said.

Oleh Syniehubov added on the Telegram messenger app that 20 of the wounded were in “serious or extremely serious condition”.

In pictures: Russia glide bomb attack destroys apartment block in northeast Ukraine

Zelensky calls for west to abandon red lines after fatal kharkiv strike.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Kyiv’s Western allies to take “strong decisions” and permit them to fire deeper into Russia.

He issued the plea after a glide bomb destroyed a multi storey block of flats in the northeast city of Kharkiv earlier today, killing at least three people.

Ukraine maintains that it would be able to reduce the impact of glide bombs if it could strike the bases from where the jets that fire the bombs take off, which is currently out of range of Kyiv’s capabilities.

Ukraine’s Western allies, particularly the US, are currently blocking Kyiv from using their long-range missiles at full range.

UPD: Four dead and 28 injured in daytime Kharkiv attack

At least four people have been killed and 28 wounded in a daytime strike on a 12-storey apartment block in Kharkiv.

Earlier, we reported that several people had been killed in a glide bomb attack in Ukraine’s northeast region.

Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv hits high-rise and playground, killing three

A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine‘s northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a high-rise, killing one child and injuring two other people, the mayor said.

“Occupiers killed a child right on the playground. At least three other people in the area were injured,” Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.

Two other people were killed in a 12-storey apartment block that caught fire as a result of the strike, he added.

Kyiv residents sing anthem while sheltering in subway during attack

Kyiv residents sing city’s anthem while sheltering in subway during rocket attack

Photos from the Russian Kursk region

Update: another body found in sumy; death toll rises to 2.

The death toll from a Russian drone attack in Sumy has increased to two, local officials have revealed.

One injured person died later in hospital, regional prosecutors said on Telegram, and the body of another victim was retrieved from the rubble.

Pokrovsk: Zelensky’s key city Russia is desperate to take next

Ukraine says US partners helping in investigation of F-16 crash

The commander of Ukraine‘s air force said on Friday that it had shared with U.S. partners a preliminary report about an F-16 jet crash that took place on Monday.

Mykola Oleshchuk said on Telegram that the United States, where the F-16 is manufactured, was assisting the investigation.

The Ukrainian military said on Thursday that the F-16 crashed and its pilot died while approaching a target during a Russian air strike.

Update: Russia's attack kills one, injures eight in Ukraine's Sumy, authorities say

A Russian attack overnight damaged a factory in Ukraine‘s northeastern city of Sumy, killing a 48-year-old woman and injuring at least eight people, local authorities said on Friday.

The airstrike caused a fire, prompting regional authorities to ask residents to stay inside and close the windows.

Ukraine‘s Prosecutor General’s office said that the factory manufactured packaging for baby food, juices and household products.

Earlier, we reported that that nine people had been injured un Sumy.

British MoD issues updated maps of the frontline in Ukraine

Russia's attack injures at least 9 in ukraine's sumy, local authorities say.

Russian overnight attacks damaged an enterprise in Sumy region, injuring at least 9 people, and hit an industrial facility in Poltava region, local authorities said on Friday.

An airstrike on the northeastern city of Sumy caused a fire, prompting regional authorities to ask residents to stay inside and close the windows.

A drone attack hit an industrial facility in Poltava without causing any casualties, regional governor Filip Pronin said.

The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 12 out of 18 Russia-launched drones overnight over five Ukrainian regions. Four more drones fell over the Ukrainian territory.

Russia also used an Iskander-M missile during the attack, the air force added.

Former Russian defense official detained suspected of fraud in latest high-profile military arrest

Pictures from the frontline

Footate shows drones hitting russian city of kaluga, f-16 pilot killed in ukraine by friendly fire, claims official.

The Ukrainian pilot killed when his F-16 fighter jet crashed earlier this week was shot down by friendly fire from a US-supplied Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, a Kyiv official has claimed.

Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mes was killed on Monday defending against one of the largest Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine since the war began. Official reports said the pilot crashed the jet. It had only just arrived in Ukraine after Kyiv called for them for years.

Mary Bezhula, an MP who was briefed on the incident, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Moonfish had been shot down by Patriot fire.

“War is war, such episodes are possible,” she wrote. “But the culture of lies in the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as in other higher military headquarters, leads to the fact that the system of managing military decisions does not improve on the basis of truthful, consistently collected analytics, but deteriorates and even collapses, as is happening in the Pokrovsky direction.”

You can read her full statement below, though it will need to be translated. Moonfish can be seen in the right of her picture, sitting next to another pilot whose death was also investigated.

Russian forces are continuing to advance towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the latest maps have suggested.

DeepState, a Ukrainian group with close ties to the military and which tracks developments on the frontline, said the situation is “difficult and out of control”.

They reported that Russian forces are on the eastern outskirts of the town of Selydove, only around 10 miles from Pokrovsk.

Putin is planning another trip to China, report says, a further sign of his dependence on Xi Jinping

• Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to China for an international summit, Bloomberg reported. 
• It'd be his first diplomatic trip abroad since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 
• Russia is increasingly dependent on China amid international isolation over Ukraine. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit China for its forthcoming Belt and Road summit in October.

The upcoming trip, which was reported by Bloomberg,  would be his first diplomatic trip abroad since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

The trip will present an opportunity for Putin to play the statesman on the world stage, and flaunt his defiance of the International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for war crimes in Ukraine. 

Yet it also exposes the stark limitations of Putin's global power, and his new dependence on China's autocratic leader, Xi Jinping. 

"The longer the war between Russia and Ukraine drags on, the more Moscow's economic and diplomatic dependence on Beijing will grow," Ali Wyne, an analyst with the Eurasia Group, told Insider. 

Putin isolated amid assassination fears

Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Putin has cut an isolated figure and is rarely seen in public.

He lives in fear of assassination and betrayal, reports claim, and according to Bloomberg's sources, he believes that China is one of few countries that can guarantee his security. 

He's made only one foreign trip since the Ukraine invasion, to the devastated occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol. He last visited China in February 2022.

Last week, Putin had to attend the BRICS summit in South Africa remotely in order to spare the hosts the dilemma of deciding whether to act on the ICC warrant and arrest him (China is not a signatory of the ICC's Rome Statute). Putin is also skipping the G20 summit in India.  

Xi has remained a steadfast ally, providing Russia with vital economic and diplomatic backing amid the Ukraine war, punishing international sanctions, and the internal turmoil it has provoked in Russia.

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Last week, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group rebellion against the Kremlin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, died in a plane explosion that Western officials believe was likely ordered by Putin as the Russian leader seeks to regain the unchallenged authority he once wielded. 

But Xi has his own agenda. 

Analysts have told Insider that China is playing a balancing act and is backing Russia as part of a ploy to damage the power of the US, Ukraine's main international backer and Beijing's key global rival. 

An uncomfortable alliance 

Yet Xi is also keen not to alienate Ukraine's Western European allies, whose good graces he depends on to maintain vital trade links for China's ailing economy.

He has driven a hard bargain with Russia as a condition for his support, scolding the Russian leader for menacing the West with nuclear weapons and refusing to provide Russia with the military equipment it urgently needs to bolster its ill-equipped forces. 

Yet such is Putin's dependence on Xi, he is in no position to hit back. The imbalance in the relationship is brought into relief by the fact that the Russian leader is dependent on Xi to break his international isolation and project his authority in person on the world stage. 

"The sanctions have exacerbated the already asymmetrical relationship between Russia and China," Maria Shagina, a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told The Financial Times in March. "It's hard to hide the fact that Russia is now a junior partner."

In recent weeks, some nations in the so-called Global South have shown receptiveness to Ukraine's plans to bring an end to the conflict.

And as he seeks to rally them to Russia's cause, Putin may have to get used to the new unfamiliar role of playing second fiddle to China's leader.

"With the West having largely decoupled from it, and with India looking to reduce energy and arms ties with it, Russia recognizes that strengthening its relationship with China—both bilaterally and through groupings such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the expanded BRICS, and the G20—is essential to contesting the Western narrative that Moscow is isolated on the world stage," said Wyne. 

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Ukraine war latest: Zelenskyy sacks air force chief; girl among six killed in Russian bomb attack that hit Kharkiv playground

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed the country's air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk after claims an F-16 pilot was killed by friendly fire. Six people have died, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, in a Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv, officials say.

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• Zelenskyy sacks Ukraine's air force commander
• Decision comes after MP claimed F-16 pilot was killed by friendly fire
• Girl among six killed with dozens injured in strike on Kharkiv
• Russia accused of war crimes over guided bomb attack that hit playground
• Women killed in strike on Sumy region that hit baby food packaging factory
• Putin to visit International Criminal Court member Mongolia
• Analysis: Why Putin's arrest in Mongolia is unlikely
• Battlefield situation: Latest frontlines in maps
• Watch: Who are Ukraine's secret resistance?
• Your questions answered: Strategic consequences for Ukraine if Pokrovsk falls
• Reporting by Bhvishya Patel , and earlier by  Mark Wyatt

We'll be back with more updates and analysis soon, but before we go, here's a recap of the key developments that took place today:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sacked Ukraine's air force commander, days after a pilot died when an F-16 jet crashed
• Six people have died and at least 55 others hurt following a Russian guided bomb attack on the city of Kharkiv;
• Two women died and 11 people were injured by an attack which struck a factory in Sumy that manufactures packaging for baby food, juices and household products;
• The Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin plans to visit Mongolia - a member of the International Criminal Court which has an issued an arrest warrant for him;
• The Ukrainian pilot killed when his F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday was shot down by Ukraine's own anti-aircraft missile system, an MP has claimed;
• Mr Zelenskyy said today's attack on Kharkiv could have been avoided if Ukraine had permission to strike Russian military targets with Western weapons;
• The EU rebuffed a request from Kyiv for the bloc to train Ukrainian soldiers inside the war-torn country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the country's air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk.

The sacking was announced on Friday in a presidential decree. 

There was no immediate explanation from Mr Zelenskyy for his decision but it comes days after a Ukrainian pilot was killed when his F-16 jet crashed on Monday.

Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Mes was killed while defending Ukraine's skies in a Western-donated warplane.

Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuhla has claimed the jet was shot down by the country's own anti-aircraft missile system.

In response to Ms Bezuhla before his sacking, Lieutenant General Oleshchuk said her comments were a "tool to discredit the top military leadership".

"Mariana, the time will come when you will apologise to the entire army for what you have done, I hope in court!", he added.

Six people are now known to have died following the Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv, local authorities have said.

Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said one child was killed in a playground and three people were killed in a 12-storey apartment block that caught fire as a result of the strike.

The Ukrainian authorities did not give the circumstances in which the two other people died in the strikes, which hit four areas of the city. 

As well as those people who died, at least 55 others were injured, officials said. 

About 20 of the injured were in severe condition, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Top Ukrainian officials have begun a visit to Washington, the Ukrainian presidential office has said. 

The delegation includes economy minister Yulia Svyrydenko and defence minister Rustem Umerov.

"We are working in Washington... We are grateful to our partners for their support," the president's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Telegram .

The visit comes amid Volodymyr Zelenskyy's renewed a call on Western allies to allow Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to attack Russian military air bases.

Kyiv says that the most effective way to counter Russian strikes is to target Russian planes, not the bombs themselves.

The US ambassador to Ukraine has called on Russia to be "held accountable for these war crimes" in Kharkiv. 

In a statement on X, Bridget A Brink said "Russia struck an apartment building in Kharkiv with a guided aerial bomb, killing several and injuring many, including children".

Kharkiv has been the focus of heavy Russian bombing throughout the war, although there had been a drop in intensity in recent weeks, possibly related to a surprise invasion launched by Ukrainian forces into Russia's Kursk region.

Ukrainian authorities said today's attack involved five aerial guided bombs launched from planes in Russia's Belgorod region, also known as "glide bombs" which are fitted with a navigation system taking them to their targets.

The footage below shows the aftermath of the attack in Kharkiv.

The EU has rebuffed a request from Kyiv for the bloc to train Ukrainian soldiers inside the war-torn country, but will train them as close as possible to Ukrainian territory, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. 

The EU has trained some 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers inside the economic union's borders since Russia's invasion of the country and will aim to train 15,000 more by the end of the year, Mr Borrell said.

Kyiv has asked the EU to consider some training inside Ukraine, arguing this would be faster, more cost-effective, and logistically easier than inside the EU.

But multiple EU countries are reluctant to deploy troops inside Ukraine, expressing concerns about their safety and questioning whether such a move would divert Ukrainian forces from their core mission, in order to protect trainers.

Mr Borrell told reporters: "Some member states were ready, others reluctant.

"Finally, we decided that the training will be as close as possible to Ukraine, but not in Ukrainian territory."

Ukraine has urged Mongolia to arrest Vladimir Putin on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant when he visits next week.

The court issued an arrest warrant in March of last year against Mr Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. 

The Kremlin has dismissed the accusation, saying it is politically motivated.

The warrant obliges the court's 124 member states, including Mongolia, to arrest Mr Putin and transfer him to The Hague for trial if he sets foot on their territory. 

Now, the Ukrainian foreign ministry has called on the ICC to arrest the Russian leader when he visits Mongolia on 3 September. 

"We call on the Mongolian authorities to comply with the mandatory international arrest warrant and transfer Putin to the International Criminal Court in the Hague," the ministry said on Telegram.

Asked earlier today whether Moscow was concerned that Mongolia was a member of the ICC, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "No, no worries about this. We have a great dialogue with our friends from Mongolia."

Asked whether there had been discussions with Mongolian authorities about the ICC warrant, Mr Peskov added: "Obviously the visit, all of the aspects of the visit have been thoroughly discussed."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he held a meeting with the top military commanders of Ukraine this afternoon.

The president said that three key issues were discussed, starting with the situation on the frontlines.

Kursk invasion

Ukraine's top commander says Kyiv's forces have advanced up to 2km in their invasion of Russia's Kursk region.

Oleksandr Syrskyi briefed Mr Zelenskyy via video link and said Ukrainian forces took control of 5sq km of Russian territory. 

Discussions were also had over the next set of reinforcements in the area, which Mr Zelenskyy said was "extremely important for strengthening our positions".

General Syrskyi also briefed the president on the ongoing fighting near Pokrovsk, which Ukraine is trying desperately to hold in the face of advancing Russian troops.

Preparing for new academic year

The meeting also covered how Ukraine will deal with the new academic year for schoolchildren, which starts next week.

Mr Zelenskyy heard reports from Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, internal affairs minister Ihor Klymenko and education and science minister Oksen Lisovyi.

The president said discussions covered security issues, as well as the construction of bomb shelters.

Energy problems

The third key issue addressed was the current state of Ukraine's energy grid following a week of heavy Russian strikes.

Mr Zelenskyy heard analysis of energy issues, including the potential construction of protective structures around key energy infrastructure.

Images are emerging of the aftermath of today's attack on Kharkiv.

Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians, but thousands have been killed and wounded in its strikes during its invasion.

The scenes come as Volodymyr Zelenskyy renews a call on Western allies to allow long-range attacks on Russian military air bases after the attack.

The number of people killed in a Russian strike on Kharkiv has risen to five.

Meanwhile, 40 people have been injured after the Russian missile hit a residential building and playground, according to the regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Earlier, we reported that a 14-year-old girl was among the dead.

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