An employee at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was killed in a car bomb attack, with Ukrainian military intelligence calling him a “war criminal”. The plant condemned the killing, while Ukraine claimed to have hit an oil depot in Russia in a drone attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited troops in northern Sumy region and praised their incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, saying it helped secure support from the west. Fragments of a Russian drone were recovered in Romania, near the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian investigators found stacks of cash in a state official’s home suspected of helping men dodge mobilization, while the SBU security service detained 13 in a similar scheme in Kharkiv region. Belarus sentenced 12 people to prison terms for the 2023 sabotage of a Russian military plane. Russia sentenced a Crimean man to 14 years for treason, accusing him of aiding Ukraine. Ukrainian feminist activists staged a topless protest outside the Iranian embassy, alleging Iran is arming Russia. The situation in Ukraine continues to be tense, with ongoing military operations and allegations of criminal activity on multiple fronts.
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