Kyiv requests cruise missiles from Germany in Ukraine update.

Ukraine has requested that Germany provide it with Taurus cruise missiles, which have a range of over 500 kilometers, making it possible for Ukraine to strike Russian territory. Meanwhile, Russia has intercepted two long-range British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and shot down 12 drones over the last 24 hours. Iran's Foreign Ministry has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of anti-Iranian propaganda over claims that Tehran has supplied Russia with drones. The British Defense Ministry has said that Wagner mercenaries "have likely started to withdraw from some of their positions around the Donetsk city of Bakhmut."