Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting with Russian troops in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing with increasing urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv.
Senior Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak criticized the International Olympic Committee for siding with Russia after the IOC said the Olympic Council of Asia had offered Russian and Belarusian athletes a chance to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Three months ago, General Sergei Surovikin was charged with refocusing Russia's war on Ukraine. Now he's been demoted and a rival general named the top commander. And with that, President Vladimir Putin has roiled the 11-month invasion, injecting Kremlin politics into the war, with no end in sight.