- The head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, says Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
- Russian forces have withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine to avoid being surrounded by Ukraine’s army, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday.
- The head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, says Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
- Russian forces have withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine to avoid being surrounded by Ukraine’s army, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday.
- South Korea and Turkey say they do not recognise Russia’s declared annexation of parts of Ukraine, in separate statements.
- Ukraine’s Energoatom says the director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian patrol.
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