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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that he would not support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conscription bill, which exempts the ultra-Orthodox from military service. Minister Benny Gantz also expressed opposition, declaring that his party would not be part of the emergency government if such legislation is passed.
At least eight people, including a toddler, were killed in a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine. The attack came as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill that will make it easier to mobilise citizens into the army and block them from fleeing the country if drafted. The governor of the Donetsk region said seven Russian S-300 missiles had been fired at Sloviansk, and 21 people were injured. The attack on Sloviansk came as Moscow said it was pushing to take more districts of ravaged Bakhmut.