- Ukrainian forces have recaptured about 20 percent of territory lost in the city of Severodonetsk, according to the head of the eastern region of Luhansk.
- Russian forces are blowing up bridges across the Seversky Donets river to prevent Ukraine from bringing in military reinforcements in Severodonetsk.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia will continue its “military operation” in Ukraine until all its goals have been achieved.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells country: “Victory will be ours.”
- UN aid chief Martin Griffiths “had frank and constructive discussions” with Russian officials on facilitating exports of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports, a UN spokesperson says.
