Most important news at a glance:
– United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants to talk to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky. He is prepared to travel to Moscow and Kiev for this.
– Chechen leader Ramzan Kadirov says Russian troops will take full control of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Thursday.
– Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accuses French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of maintaining close ties with Russia after her party took out a loan from a Russian state bank in 2015.
– The Dutch embassy in Ukraine opens its doors again in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The ambassador and a core staff hope to help Dutch citizens leave the country.