- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is currently occupying about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory.
- At least 261 children have been killed and 460 injured since the start of the war, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general. The tally does not include places of active conflict.
- Zelenskyy estimates that 200,000 children are among the Ukrainians who have been forcefully taken to Russia and dispersed across the vast country.
- Luhansk’s regional governor says civilians are sheltering under a chemical plant in Severodonetsk as Russian forces make steady gains on the key eastern city.
- Officials say a Russian missile hit rail lines in the western Lviv region, a key conduit for Western weapons and other supplies.
- US President Joe Biden is expected to meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Thursday.
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