▶Latest >Ukrainian forces have recaptured town of Bucha, north of capital, its mayor has said >Helicopters strike oil depot in Belgorod, Russia. Ukrainian official refuse to confirm or deny if Ukraine was responsible >Red cross abandons efforts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol >UK Defence Secretary Wallace says Britain will supply long range artillery systems to Ukraine >Putin threatens to stop gas supplies to "unfriendly" countries if they don't deal in the Rouble >1 day ceasefire declared in Mariupol to allow evacuations >Russia withdrawing some elements of forces around Kyiv into Belarus for redeployment to other axes - ISW >Russia claims it's signed up 16,000 recruits from the Middle East >BBC report Syrian soldiers are being offered $5000 per month to fight in Ukraine >Russia says it will "Drastically reduce" combat operations around Kyiv & Chernihiv >Ukrainian forces recapture Irpin, northwest of capital >Russia has deployed Wagner Group mercs to eastern Ukraine- UK's MoD >Abramovich allegedly poisoned at peace talks, since recovered >Russia abandons large scale objectives and claims "main goal" of war is to secure Donetsk & Luhansk oblasts >Ukraine claims to have killed Lt Gen Yakov Ryezantsev, the commander of the 49th Russian Southern District Army >If true, the 7th Russian General KIA (worst loss senior command since ww2)
