Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory on Sunday and thanked the workers producing howitzer shells, one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces.

The Ukrainian president says he will present a plan to defeat the Russian invasion at a meeting of allies in Germany. This comes as Russia claims to have seized a further village in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

The meeting, which will be the 25th Ukraine Defense Contact Group session, will take place at the state leadership level. Read also: NATO should support Ukraine's peace plan over China's — Stoltenberg "We have a clear strategy on how to bring about a just end to the war,