• Eight people were killed in a rocket attack on an apartment building in Odesa. Among the victims were a three month old baby and his mother.
• Kiev has offered Moscow to negotiate the difficult situation surrounding the steel plant in Mariupol† The extensive site of Azovstal is the last Ukrainian stronghold in the southern port city. “A special round of negotiations on the exchange of soldiers is possible,” said Mikhail Podoljak as Ukraine’s presidential adviser.
• The Swiss government blocks arms supply from Germany to Ukraine. The Ministry of Economic Affairs refers, among other things, to the neutrality of the country.
• The Russian army encounters, according to the United Kingdom strong resistance from Ukrainian troops in the Donbas† The British Ministry of Defense reports in its daily intelligence update that Ukrainian troops multiple attacks repulsed to have.