- The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol estimates about 21,000 civilian residents of the city have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion.
- President Vladimir Putin states Russia will continue its offensive in Ukraine after holding talks in Russia’s far east with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
- The mayor of Bucha reveals authorities in the Ukrainian town have found 403 bodies of people they believe were killed by Russian forces.
- Ukraine says Russia is likely to try and capture the besieged port city of Mariupol as fears rise over an expected offensive on the eastern Donbas region.
- The United Nations demands an independent investigation into allegations that Russian forces have raped women and committed other forms of sexual violence.
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