Russia launched deadly missile and drone strikes over the previous day, the Ukrainian military reported early on June 16 after an air raid alert was declared shortly after midnight in Mykolayiv and the neighboring Kherson region.
The Moscow City Court has canceled a five-year prison sentence handed in October to noted protest artist Pavel Krisevich over a so-called suicide performance in which he fired blanks from a pistol in Moscow's Red Square.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Switzerland to allow the re-export of war materiel to Ukraine, saying the move would be vital in combating the Russian invasion.
A Moscow court on June 15 ordered veteran Russian rock musician Boris Grebenshchikov, who currently resides outside of Russia, to pay a fine of 50,000 rubles ($600) for discrediting Russia's armed forces.