- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russian forces have the upper hand in Severodonetsk, as Kyiv’s troops try to prevent the fall of the eastern city.
- The Kremlin accuses Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro of “hostile action” after they blocked Russia’s foreign minister from reaching Serbia by closing their airspace to his jet.
- At least 32 journalists have been killed in Ukraine since Russia’s war began, Ukraine’s culture and information policy minister says.
- Moscow warns it will respond to Western deliveries of long-range weapons to Ukraine by pushing Kyiv’s forces away from Russia’s border.
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