Daily brief
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv has killed 24 people, including three children, as rescuers search through rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of planning an attack on a NATO country from Belarus and vowed retribution for the strike. Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner swap, exchanging 205 prisoners each. The death toll from overnight Russian air strikes across Ukraine rose to at least 16.
Ukraine has doubled its strikes on Russian oil refineries this year, while Russia accused Ukraine of paying pro-war Telegram channels.
Finland closed Helsinki Airport over a suspected drone threat for the first time since the Ukraine war began, as a Greek probe found a suspected Ukrainian sea drone lost course after a malfunction.
Videos show Ukrainian men resisting forced mobilization, as Ukraine's SBU reportedly buys Russian military Telegram channels.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary