The Ongoing Conflict: Updates on Russia-Ukraine War and Olympic Standoff.

Finland will become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, prompting a warning from Russia that it would bolster its defences near their joint border if NATO deployed any troops inside the country. Ukraine has said Russian forces are “very far” from capturing the eastern town of Bakhmut, and former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine on Monday and said he would work towards Washington supplying F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles for the country’s war against Russia. Russian police have arrested a woman suspected of delivering a bomb that killed a prominent pro-war Russian military blogger in a blast in a cafe in central St Petersburg on Sunday.