Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war for the fifth time since start of the Russian invasion, with a total of 76 Ukrainians returning home.
In the towns of Rubizhne and Popasna in Luhansk region, positional battles are currently taking place, but the Russian invaders are unable to do anything.
The Security Service of Ukraine released an interception of a phone call in which a Russian serviceman talks about the leadership’s order to raze Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol to the ground.
More than 900 settlements have been liberated from occupation in Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolayiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions.
The EU has condemned Russian invaders for intensifying missile attacks against Ukraine, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
The US Department of State says recent Russian missile strikes on Lviv, the suburbs of Kyiv and other cities illustrate that Putin's forces are undertaking a campaign of terror and "despicable aggression" against the civilian population in Ukraine.
Over 4.6 million people in Ukraine have limited access to water as a result of intense hostilities in the country, with over six million people struggling every day for access to drinking water.
The US Department of State does not rule out the possibility of labeling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, which provides for the imposition of additional sanctions and restrictions.
The commander of the Azov Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Denys Prokopenko, has called on world leaders to organize a humanitarian corridor in order to evacuate civilians and the wounded who stay at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic the importance of ratcheting up sanctions pressure on Russia.
Ukrainian defenders have repulsed seven enemy attacks within the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area, destroying 36 Russian military vehicles, one artillery system, one Su-30 fighter and four Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded a honorary title of ‘Guards’ to the 64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, which committed the mass killings of civilians in Bucha, Kyiv Region.