- Russian forces intensify their attacks near the city of Severodonetsk, said to be a key target for the success of Moscow’s offensive in capturing the Donbas region.
- Russia’s defence ministry says its forces pounded Ukrainian military targets with air strikes and artillery in Mykolaiv and Donbas regions, hitting command centres, troops, and ammunition depots.
- Polish President Andrzej Duda visits the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and addresses the country’s parliament, the first European head of state to do so.
- The Ukrainian parliament passes a bill extending martial law across the country for another three months.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is prepared to exchange its troops who surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol for Russian prisoners.
- Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has stopped all natural gas supplies to Finland, as it has not received payment in roubles.
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