The prosecutor of the International Penal Court (CPI), Karim Khan, announced the deployment in Ukraine ofa team of 42 investigators and expertsis the most important mission in terms of numbers ever sent, to investigate crimes committed during the Russian invasion.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that 265 Ukrainian fighters from Azovstal had made prisoners but he didn’t no mention of a potential trade prisoners, unlike Ukraine. Anna Malyar, the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister, had mentioned earlier that the fighters would be repatriated to territory controlled by Ukraine, “as part of an exchange procedure“. After these evacuations, the complete fall of Mariupol seems inevitable.
Russia has decided toexpel two Finnish diplomats of Russia in retaliation for a similar step taken by Helsinki, and to withdraw from the Council of Baltic Sea States.
Le finnish parliament a valid NATO membership application by an overwhelming majority. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that Germany will “intensify” its military cooperation with Sweden and Finland, both NATO candidates.
L’Russian offensive in the Donbass its intensified Monday and left at least 10 people dead in Severodonetsk, an important administrative center still under the control of Kyiv. This city is almost surrounded by the forces of Moscow.
In the northeastthe Ukrainians took over Control of part of the frontier in the region of Kharkivselon Kiev.