- Governor of Luhansk says Moscow is sending a large number of reserve troops to Severodonetsk.
- Russia is renewing its efforts to advance south of Ukraine’s eastern city of Izyum, British defence ministry says.
- The United Nations estimates more than 10,000 civilians, including hundreds of children, have now been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine.
- A Russian vessel that was delivering arms to the strategically important Snake Island has sunk after being hit with Western-supplied anti-ship weapons, according to a Ukrainian military official.
Here are the latest updates:
Zelenskyy visits Odesa
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy has inspected a building in Odesa damaged by a Russian missile strike killing eight people.
The Ukrainian leader wrote in his Telegram channel that among those killed included a three-month-old baby, calling it “a terrible crime for which there are no excuses”.
Ukraine: Russia trying to stay on offensive around Kharkiv, other cities
The spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says Russian forces were actively on the offensive across Kharkiv, Severodonetsk and Sloviansk.
Oleksandr Shtupun said that the Russian military had used artillery shelling across various settlements towards Kharkiv.
He added that Russians used mortars, artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers against various settlements in the direction of Sloviansk.
Meanwhile in Severodonetsk, “the enemy continues to fire from artillery and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Met’olkine, Bila Hora and Ustynivka,” Shtupun said.
Russian missiles destroy fuel depot in eastern Ukrainian town: Official
Three Russian missiles destroyed a fuel storage depot in the eastern Ukrainian town of Novomoskovsk, sending three people to hospital, the head of the regional administration has said in an online message.
Valentyn Reznichenko posted a picture of what he said was a large blaze at the depot.
Al Jazeera could not independently verify the official’s claims.
Missiles hit gasworks in eastern Ukraine: Governor
Several Russian missiles hit a gasworks in the Izyum district in eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov has said.
“A large-scale fire broke out, rescuers localised the fire,” Synehubov wrote on the Telegram messaging app, adding that some other buildings had also been damaged.
Blast rocks area near Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk: Separatists
A big explosion rocked an area near the besieged Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and a large orange-coloured cloud could be seen rising into the air, a Russian-backed representative has said.
Rodion Miroshnik, an official in the self-styled separatist administration of the Luhansk People’s Republic, posted a video of what he said was the cloud on the Telegram messaging app.
Al Jazeera could not independently verify the official’s claims.
Russia sending large number of reserve troops to Severodonetsk: Ukrainian governor
Russia is sending a large number of reserve troops to Severodonetsk from other battle zones to try to gain full control of the front-line eastern city, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region has said.
“Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, they will throw in all the reserves they have … because there are so many of them there already, they’re at critical mass,” Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said on national television.
Al Jazeera could not independently verify the official’s claims.
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