At least seven people - including three children - have been killed in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv by overnight Russian strikes, according to authorities. It comes just a day after two missiles killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Poltava. Ukraine's parliament has started voting on major ministerial dismissals announced yesterday. The parliament failed to sack the head of the state property fund, Vitaliy Koval, in the first vote, lawmakers said. It comes as the country's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned earlier this morning see 6.
Mr Zelenskyy indicated last week that a reshuffle was imminent, in what has been cast as the start of a government "reset" ahead of the cold autumn and winter seasons. More than half the current cabinet will undergo changes, said Davyd Arakhamiia, a leader of Mr Zelenskyy's party in the Ukrainian parliament.
During the war, Mr Kuleba has been second only to Mr Zelenskyy in carrying Ukraine's message to an international audience, whether through social media posts or meetings with foreign dignitaries.
In July, he became the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to visit China since Russia's invasion. Several Ukrainian media outlets, citing unnamed sources, said Mr Kuleba's deputy, Andrii Sybiha, would become the country's chief diplomat. The new foreign minister will likely accompany Mr Zelenskyy to the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, which is an opportunity to lobby global leaders for their support.
Residents in Lviv are waking up to significant destruction after an overnight attack on the western city. One woman describes how she was forced to leave the shelter she was hiding in because "everything was on fire".
