"Escalating Tensions: Latest Developments in Russia-Ukraine Conflict"

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy urges the West for more air-defence systems as Russian attacks kill at least 11 civilians, including a child and a baby, in Odesa. Germany promises an investigation after a leaked recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war circulates on Russian social media. Shelling attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions claim three more lives, while Ukraine downs a Russian fighter-bomber and reports drone attacks in St Petersburg. The mourning of Alexei Navalny's funeral in Moscow and sustained Russian artillery and mortar attacks in Kharkiv province also make headlines.