Russia has moved its "depleted and disparate" forces to eastern Ukraine and Moscow still faces "considerable challenges" in its war against Ukraine, the latest intelligence report from the U.K. Defense Ministry said.
Returning from his trip to Ukraine, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was "moved by the resilience and bravery" of Ukrainians during his visit to Kyiv. "My message to them is simple: We will not give up," he said on Twitter.
In an interview with Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said NATO "considers itself" at war with Russia, even though Moscow doesn't see itself at war with NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office says it has a planned operation to evacuate civilians from the blockaded Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the last holdout against Russian forces in the bombarded city.
Meanwhile, Russian strikes shook residential buildings in Kyiv overnight, as the UN chief and Bulgarian prime minister visited the city.