Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has visited frontline military positions near the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut. During his visit, Zelenskiy heard “reports on the operational situation and the course of hostilities on the frontline”, an official statement said. He was also pictured meeting Ukrainian servicemen, and held a moment of silence in memory of those who had fallen in the war.
At least six people have been killed overnight in a drone attack on Rzhyshchiv in the Kyiv region. The strike is reported to have hit a dormitory building and a school. The body of a 40-year-old man was pulled from the rubble on one floor, according to its regional police chief, adding that more than 20 people were taken to hospital. Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, is reporting that one of the people who died was “an ambulance driver who came to the call”.
At least one person has been killed and 33 wounded by a twin Russian missile strike on two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, officials in Ukraine have said. Footage from a security camera captured the moment the strike hit, causing an explosion and a large plume of smoke to rise from two nine-storey buildings.
