As Ukraine forces establish "semi-encirclement" of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says of city, "Nothing left alive, all the buildings ruined.”
New developments:
Barrage of Russian missiles and drones launched against Dnipropetrovsk. Russia knocks out a high-tension line supplying external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine says. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the G-7 meeting in Japan with reassurances.
Pablo Berti Oliva, Cuba s new permanent representative, presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, Ghada Waly.…