Day 428 of Russia-Ukraine War: Latest Updates and Developments.

China's President Xi Jinping spoke to Ukraine's President Zelenskiy for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, offering to send special representatives to Ukraine and hold talks with all parties seeking peace. British fighter jets helped in a joint NATO response to intercept three Russian planes over the Baltic Sea. Italy has expressed interest in playing a major role in the reconstruction of Ukraine. A Ukrainian reporter working for Italy's daily newspaper Repubblica was shot dead by Russian snipers in Kherson. Russia is resettling poor citizens from its remote regions in the occupied east of Ukraine. Alexei Navalny is being investigated on terrorism charges that could see him sentenced to 30 years in prison.