Updates: Russia accuses Kyiv of recruiting youth for ‘sabotage’

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• The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service has accused Ukraine and the West of recruiting young Russians to stage armed attacks and “sabotage”.
• A United Nations body says nearly 8,500 civilians have been killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the actual figures likely much higher.
• The Rus­sian army has at­tacked nine regions of Ukraine using a­vi­a­tion, artillery, and drones over the past 24 hours, ac­cord­ing to Ukraine’s general staff.
• The Unit­ed States has of­fi­cial­ly de­ter­mined that Russia wrong­ful­ly de­tained Wall Street Journal re­port­er Evan Gershkovich and has called for his im­me­di­ate re­lease.