UKRAINE: Russia has launched more strike drones into Ukraine than in any other single attack of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today.

Writing on social media, Mr Zelensky said Saturday’s 267-drone attack, which came a day before the three-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, was “the largest attack” by Moscow.

Ukraine’s air force said 138 drones had been shot down over 13 Ukrainian regions.

CHINA: The Chinese Defence Ministry said today that Australia had made “unreasonable accusations” after three planes headed to New Zealand were forced to change course because of live-fire drills by China’s navy.

Wu Qian, the ministry’s top spokesperson, said China had issued safety notices in advance and that the activity was in compliance with international law and did not affect aviation safety.

CAMBODIA: A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two two-year-old cousins, a girl and a boy, when it blew up Saturday near their homes in rural north-western Cambodia, officials said.

The accident happened in Siem Reap province’s Svay Leu district, where there had been heavy fighting in the 1980s and ’90s between Cambodian government soldiers and rebel guerillas from the Khmer Rouge. The group had been ousted from power in 1979.

CONGO: Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis.

Mr Tshisekedi made the announcement on Saturday in some of his first remarks since the Rwandan-backed M23 captured major cities in eastern Congo.