Russian occupying power accuses Ukraine of an attack on the former city of Lysychansk in the annexed part of the Donbass region. Victims are said to still be buried in the rubble.

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova spoke of ‘terrorist acts by Ukrainian neo-Nazis’ Kiev knew that there were a lot of people in the bakery at the time and deliberately chose this target, the spokeswoman claimed. According to authorities, the city was shelled with Himars rocket artillery.