Updates on Russia-Ukraine War: Day 438 and Phosphorus Bomb Accusations.

Blasts were reported in Russia-annexed Crimea, with Ukraine accused of sending drones into the peninsula. A Russian nationalist writer was wounded in a car bombing, with Russia accusing Ukraine of involvement. Ukrainian officials issued air raid alerts for two-thirds of the country. Ukraine hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv. Russia has been accused of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with incendiary phosphorus weapons. Ukraine claims to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defence systems. Russian shelling killed six Ukrainian demining experts in the southern Kherson region.