Ukraine war briefing: Hungary's new leader says he would ask Putin to end the killing in Ukraine

Ukraine welcomed with relief on Monday the defeat of Orbán, its harshest critic in the EU, an outcome that paves the way for a €90bn ($105bn) loan that Kyiv urgently needs to fund the war with Russia.

Higher oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East could raise inflation rates in Ukraine by 1.5 to 2.8 percentage points, Ukraine's top central banker said on Monday. The National Bank of Ukraine governor, Andriy Pyshnyi, said the central bank would stick to its target of lowering inflation to 5% in three years, using all available tools to ensure that goal was met. "We're trying to walk on a razorblade," Pyshnyi said through an interpreter, noting prices have already started to rise.

The Ukrainian military struck a Russian chemicals plant in Cherepovets in the Vologda region, Kyiv's drone forces commander said on Monday. The plant produces chemicals that serve as raw materials for TNT, hexogen and components for munitions, Robert Brovdi said on Telegram.

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be permitted to compete in World Aquatics events with their respective uniforms, flags and anthems, the sport's governing body said on Monday. Competitors from both countries were banned from international sports events after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which was launched in part from Belarusian territory.

Boris Johnson has hit out at the "delay" and "timidity" in helping Ukraine after travelling through the country on a 72-hour trip for a documentary. The former British prime minister travelled beyond the capital Kyiv to the "kill zone" near the city of Zaporizhzhia where he witnessed first-hand the war between Russia and Ukraine. The former UK prime minister said Ukraine can and will win the war, but that "we are risibly failing to live up to our pledges" to the country.