– Ukraine marks 33 years of post-Soviet independence
– President Zelensky touts newly developed “drone missile” that can take the war back to Russia
– Zelensky scornfully derides Russia’s President Putin as a “sick old man from Red Square”
– New weapon, Palianytsia, is faster and more powerful than previous drones used
– Ukraine captures more than 90 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region in a major incursion
– Zelensky ratifies the Rome Statute to join the International Criminal Court, bans activities of religious groups linked to Russia
– Ukraine and Russia exchange 115 prisoners of war
– Independence Day takes on greater importance in patriotic sentiment during the invasion.