- Ukraine’s general staff says Russian troops were pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv.
- Turkey’s foreign minister has expressed opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, saying the two countries are supporting the PKK and YPG.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “very complex negotiations” with Russia are under way to get fighters out of the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
- Ukrainian forces are on the counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium, striking at a key axis of Russia’s assault in the east.
- Russia will suspend electricity supplies to Finland as of Saturday, a supplier says, amid tensions over the European nation’s expected NATO bid.
