Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive and Defensive Actions, Says Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place against Russian forces, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged $375 million in new military aid and $7.5 million for humanitarian assistance for the flood response. Heavy battles are ongoing in Ukraine's industrial east, with Russian forces launching air and artillery strikes in Ukraine's southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. The Ukrainian nuclear energy agency Energoatom said the last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, had been placed in "cold shutdown" mode.