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Ukraine says it has struck Russian boat in Black Sea

A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) FILE - Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, looks in a mirror and turns off her camera in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Feb. 27, 2022. The celebrated Ukrainian medic, who used the body camera to record her work in Mariupol while the port city was under Russian siege, was later captured by Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday, June 17, 2022, that Russia has freed Paievska. (Yuliia Paievska via AP) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) This undated image provided by the Invictus Games Team Ukraine shows Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, a celebrated Ukrainian medic who used a body camera to record her work in Mariupol while the port city was under Russian siege. Paievska was later captured by Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday, June 17, 2022, that Russia has freed Paievska. (Invictus Games Team Ukraine via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) FILE - Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, looks in a mirror and turns off her camera in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Feb. 27, 2022. The celebrated Ukrainian medic, who used the body camera to record her work in Mariupol while the port city was under Russian siege, was later captured by Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday, June 17, 2022, that Russia has freed Paievska. (Yuliia Paievska via AP) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) This undated image provided by the Invictus Games Team Ukraine shows Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, a celebrated Ukrainian medic who used a body camera to record her work in Mariupol while the port city was under Russian siege. Paievska was later captured by Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday, June 17, 2022, that Russia has freed Paievska. (Invictus Games Team Ukraine via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Smoke rises from the gutted remains of a vehicle and a house, background, following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Donetsk People Republic Emergency Situations Ministry employees work at the scene of a burning house after the shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson light candles as they visit the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attend a joint news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pose for a photo during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attend a joint news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walk after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on ahead of his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pose for a photo during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pose for a photo during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pose for a photo during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands on a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shake hands during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pose for a photo during their meeting in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) A woman hides from the Russian shelling in a house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) A woman hides from the Russian shelling in a house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Red roses are seen against the background of a city theatre ruined in the Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier speaks with women who have been hiding from the Russian shelling in a basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man sleeps as he hides from Russian shelling in a living house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman reacts after a parrot still alive in its cage was rescued from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian soldiers ride a self-propelled artillery vehicle Gvozdika in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) A woman hides from the Russian shelling in a house basement in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 17, 2022. Ukraine's request to join the European Union may advance Friday with a recommendation from the EU's executive arm that the war-torn country deserves to become a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Blood is seen on the wall amid debris of a building after the Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A puddle of blood is seen amid debris of a building after the Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Search and rescue workers and local residents take a dead body from under the debris of a building after the Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Search and rescue workers and local residents remove a body from under the rubble of a building after a Russian air raid in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukraine says it has struck Russian boat in Black Sea