This week kicks off with all eyes on northeastern Ukraine, after Russia opened a second front when it invaded across the border from the Belgorod region into the Kharkiv region.
Our coverage remains paused today, but you can find an overview of the war as it stands below.
Second front
Russian forces have advanced between five and 10km into the Kharkiv region, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Moscow is prioritising the seizure of Vovchansk -the largest settlement near the border - said the Institute of the Study of War, which could provide Russian forces with a staging ground to launch a second phase of the offensive.
The objectives of this phase are unclear, but Russian officials have previously identified Lyptsi as a target.
Vladimir Putin has claimed capturing the city of Kharkiv is not part of the plan, but a former Ukrainian president said he cannot be trusted.
The offensive has been deadly for civilians - with 10 people killed in Russian strikes on Sunday, local governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian forces have also captured 40 civilians from a town in Kharkiv, the head of the investigative department of the Kharkiv regional police, Serhii Bolvinov, said.
Meanwhile, anti-Putin Russian paramilitary soldiers have joined Ukrainian troops to defend the new frontier.
Crimea
The Black Sea and the occupied Crimean peninsula remain targets for Ukrainian forces.
They attacked Belbek airfield on Tuesday, destroying elements of an air defence missile battery, including a radar system and launchers.
This comes after three successful attacks between 16 April and 12 May, the UK defence ministry said.
Ukrainian Defence Forces also destroyed a Black Sea fleet minesweeper, the Ukrainian navy said.
Elsewhere on the frontline
Ukrainian troops reported the war was entering a critical phase and they remain desperate for ammunition.
Colonel Pavlo Palisa, fighting near Chasiv Yar, said Russia was preparing for a major push to break Ukrainian lines in the east.
Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko said his unit's US-supplied howitzer, which once hurled 100 shells a day, is now reduced to fewer than 10.
Beyond the battlefield
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the French president's call for a truce between Russia and Ukraine during the Paris Olympics, saying it could give Russia the upper hand.
- Poland said it would invest £2bn to make its eastern border "impossible to pass for a potential enemy", prime minister Donald Tusk said.
- Russia's ambassador to the UK said the UK was a de facto participant in the war. Moscow said it saw the US and UK as responsible for recent attacks on Russian soil because they were allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons against targets there.
Putin in China
The Russian president was in Beijing last week, meeting leader Xi Jinping.
They agreed to expand military drills, warned against the risk of nuclear conflict and talked up the idea of weakening the West.
The pair signed an agreement for "new era" strategic cooperation, criticising the US and marking support for Russia's "sovereignty and territorial integrity".