UKRAINE LIVE. Moscow: Drones shot down over Kursk – South Africa denies supplying weapons to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked parliament to dismiss the current Defense Minister and appoint a successor nominated by Zelensky. South Africa concludes after its own investigation that it has not supplied any weapons to Russia. Meanwhile, ‘elections’ are being held in the occupied territories of Ukraine with pro-Russian candidates. Follow all the news about the war in Ukraine here via our live blog.

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