Indiscriminate shelling by Russian troops has killed at least four civilians in eastern and southern Ukraine, as the Ukrainian military said the situation is difficult but under control in some parts of the eastern front, while in the south, incremental advances are being made.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared that Kherson is "ours” after his special forces entered the strategic southern city following the retreat of Russian troops, marking another dramatic battlefield victory in Kyiv’s drive to recapture territory occupied by Russia.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it found during an inspection that a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv had suffered heavy damage by shelling during the military conflict in the country.
A court in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan has extended the pretrial detention of activist Andrei Boyarshinov, who was charged with terrorism over his calls for Russia to stop its ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.