Overnight, a Russian missile attack struck a four-story apartment block in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, killing at least five people and injuring 36, according to Ukrainian authorities. Rescuers continue to work at the site.
Around 60 apartments and 50 cars were damaged, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said in a post on his Telegram channel. Rescuers are still searching among the debris for survivors and casualties.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters on Thursday that exiled Wagner Group mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg and no longer in Belarus.
The eyes of international bodies remain on Europe's largest nuclear plant after Russian and Ukrainian authorities traded allegations about planned attacks on the facility.
Tensions have escalated in recent days regarding the Russian-held Zaporizhzia nuclear plant, as fighting intensified in the surrounding area and Russian and Ukrainian authorities accused one another of planning attacks on the facility. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of "dangerous provocations" from Russian forces holding the plant.
On Wednesday, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said there were no reports of increased military presence at the plant, but that international observers "cannot relax."
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Zelenskyy renewed calls for additional weapons as Kyiv's weekslong counteroffensive slows.