Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged that Ukraine would defeat Russia as the war entered its third year. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev vowed that Moscow would retaliate for new sanctions announced by the West.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected his forces in areas under its control in Ukraine, according to what the army announced - today, Saturday - on the second anniversary of the war. On the ground, a Ukrainian source said that Ukrainian drones attacked a large Russian steel manufacturing plant during the night.