- US, G7 will revoke Russia’s ‘most favoured nation’ trade status.
- UN Security Council holds meeting on Russian allegations of biological weapons in Ukraine.
- UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.
- Ukraine’s UN envoy dismisses Russian accusations as ‘insane delirium’.
- Russian strikes have hit east-central Dnipro for the first time since Moscow’s offensive began, killing at least one person.
- President Vladimir Putin has backed allowing volunteers, including from abroad, to fight alongside Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine.
- Russian troops approaching Kyiv appear to have repositioned and edged closer to the capital, according to satellite imagery and US intelligence assessments.
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