- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week to make an urgent, face-to-face plea for peace in Ukraine, the world body said.
- Russia says it plans to seize Donbas and southern Ukraine to gain access to the Russia-backed Moldovan region, Transnistria; a Ukrainian official denounced the plan as “imperialism”.
- The United Nations office for human rights sounds the alarm over growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, urging both Kyiv and Moscow to order combatants to respect international law.
- Satellite images appear to show mass graves near Mariupol, where Ukrainian officials say Russia is burying bodies to hide war crimes.
- Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says no humanitarian corridors will be open across Ukraine on Friday “due to the danger on the routes”.
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