
- Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russian forces have fully “liberated” the residential quarters of Severodonetsk as its mayor says the situation was changing “every hour”.
- Ukrainian official claims some 600 Ukrainians are being held captive and tortured in the Russia-occupied southern region of Kherson.
- European Council President Charles Michel charges that Russia’s blocking of food exports from Ukraine is “pushing people into poverty and destabilising entire regions”.
- UN official Pramila Patten says the “unprecedented” displacement of millions of Ukrainians is “turning into a human trafficking crisis”.
