Russian Defense Ministry assured that the army had seized the village of Pobeda, not far from the destroyed town of Mariïnka. Zelensky says his army “firmly” holds the bridgehead on the occupied bank of the Dnieper.
More than 14 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine at some point in the two years since Russia's invasion in 2022, the UN says. Ukraine's security services accuse Russia of using North Korean-made missiles to carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine against civilian targets.