Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently "not envisaged" to attend the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The former ally-turned-traitor died in a plane crash on Wednesday.
The Vatican has meanwhile said Pope Francis did not intend to glorify Russian imperialism following backlash from a speech that the religious leader delivered on Friday. The Pope did not intend "to exalt imperialist logic," the Vatican said, after the spiritual leader told a group of Russian youths that they were "the heirs of the great mother Russia."
Heavy fighting continued in Ukraine's Kherson overnight, while Russian forces downed drones over the regions of Tula and Belgorod, according to official channels of each country.