Ukraine's air defenses shot down 23 drones during overnight attacks on the Kyiv and Odesa regions from Russia, the country's military authorities said, while Russia struck ports and grain stocks in the country's south, creating raging fires.
"The Russians attacked warehouses and grain elevators - almost 40,000 tons of grain were damaged, which was expected by the countries of Africa, China, and Israel," Ukrainian infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said, warning that such attacks were a threat to the world.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gave a closing statement to a Russian court after facing trial, during which he said that Russia was "floundering in a pool of either mud or blood," and that the invasion of Ukraine was "the most stupid and senseless war of the 21st century." Navalny is currently serving a nine-year sentence and could face up to 20 more years in prison on charges that his supporters say are purely political.
The Kremlin may struggle to deal with more frequent attacks on its cities while continuing to refrain from fully mobilizing its population for war, the Institute for the Study of War said in its daily report.