Ongoing updates on Russia's conflict in Ukraine.

Russia launched dozens of airstrikes and ground assaults in Ukraine, with casualties reported on both sides. Ukrainian President Zelensky said his country cannot become a member of NATO while it is still at war. Ukraine will inspect civilian bomb shelters after three people died in Kyiv during a Russian missile barrage. Chechen special forces have launched an offensive in eastern Ukraine, according to the Russian defense ministry. Russia has deployed a special forces unit to its Belgorod region due to "partisan" activity, according to Ukraine's National Resistance Center.