- Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, told his United Kingdom, French and Turkish counterparts of Moscow’s concerns that Ukraine could detonate a “dirty bomb“. Washington, London and Paris have rejected the accusation.
- Ukraine calls for a global ban on RT, accusing the Russian TV channel of “aggressive genocide incitement”.
- Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, told his United Kingdom, French and Turkish counterparts of Moscow’s concerns that Ukraine could detonate a “dirty bomb“. Washington, London and Paris have rejected the accusation.
- Ukraine calls for a global ban on RT, accusing the Russian TV channel of “aggressive genocide incitement”.
- Presenter Anton Krasovsky, now suspended, has said Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers under the Soviet Union should have been drowned.
- Russia has fired missiles into the Ukrainian-held southern town of Mykolaiv, northwest of the front line in Kherson, Ukrainian officials said.
This live blog is closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, October 24: