Russia claims it’s destroyed weapons sent from West

As fierce fighting continues in the battle for Donbas, the Russian military said Monday it destroyed “a large number of weapons and military equipment” that Ukrainian forces had received from the U.S. and Europe.

Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said “high-precision airlaunched missiles” hit the supplies near the Udachna railway station in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Konashenkov also said “a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries” and a Ukrainian radar station of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed in the neighboring Luhansk region.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had driven the Russians out of more than 1,000 settlements since the war began, and he vowed Monday they would liberate all occupied territory, including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

The total war front in the country, he said, is now 1,550 miles long.

Heat wave moving east

More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures, which crossed 100 degrees over the weekend in parts of the West, and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.

Amber Heard doesn’t blame jury

NEW YORK — Amber Heard says she doesn’t blame the jury that awarded Johnny Depp more than $10 million after a contentious six-week libel trial in her first post-verdict interview. “I don’t blame them,” Heard told “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie in an interview clip aired Monday on NBC. “I actually understand. He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.” “Today” plans to air more of its interview on Tuesday and Wednesday.