08:54 -
"We already have over 10 thousand cases of war crimes underway and already 40 suspected".
This was stated by the Ukrainian Attorney General, Iryna Venediktova, in a Tweet, just as the first trial in a Ukrainian court against a Russian soldier opened in the past few hours.
"I am sure - added Venediktova - that in the near future we will see other cases arrive in the courts and perpetrators of the crimes appear before judges".
08:53
- "Russia has no hostile intentions in relation to Finland and Sweden", the two countries intending to join NATO.
This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, according to the Interfax agency, specifying that this move "will not remain without a political reaction".
However, "it is too early to talk about the deployment of Russian nuclear forces in the Baltic region should Finland and Sweden join NATO," he added.
08:41
- Ukraine has "probably won the battle of Kharkiv".
This was stated - as reported by the BBC - by the team of experts from the Institute for the Study of War.
In its latest assessment of the conflict, military analysts say that Russia has been prevented from surrounding Ukraine's second city and has now given up on doing so.
03:37
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the war and the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports could "provoke a large-scale food crisis".
02:21
- In his latest video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy talks about "very complex" talks with Russia to get the last defenders out of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, adding that Kiev uses "influential intermediaries".
