Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with NBC News, publicly lied about Russia's strike on a plant owned by the American company Flex in Mukachevo. He claimed he "had never heard about it" and insisted that Russia "does not target civilian facilities.

Russia launched drones and a missile into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, the air force in Kyiv said, as the country kicked off independence day celebrations marking the anniversary of its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

The Russian government on Sunday accused Ukraine of targeting its nuclear plant with drones that triggered a fire and caused damage to an auxiliary transformer.