– More than 1.5 million people in Odessa are without powerUkrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said in a video address after an attack by Russian-launched drones.
– Russia is enlarging and it modernizing its nuclear arsenal, states US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. His statement follows a statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier today that in the event of a nuclear attack on Russia, “he will ensure that the attacker from the face of the earth is wiped out.”