"Escalating Conflict: Ukraine and Russia Exchange Missile Strikes"

The Russian Wagner group is moving closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno, raising concerns for Poland and Lithuania who are considering closing their borders with Belarus. Ukraine's defence ministry has suggested that Ukrainian forces may soon enter Crimea to retake the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. The UN secretary-general criticizes Russia's grain donations, stating they do not offset the consequences of the end of the Black Sea initiative. Saudi Arabia plans to host peace talks on Ukraine, while a Ukrainian engineer is allegedly being held illegally by Russia and subjected to torture. Russian rocket attacks in Ukraine have resulted in civilian casualties, and Unesco representatives are assessing the damage caused by Russian strikes on cultural and religious sites.