President Putin “seize control of Audi Ivka, an important victory”. President Putin also claimed that the Russian military had regained control of the village of Klinki, a stronghold on the east bank of the Dnipro River.

U.S. media reported this month that the Biden administration has received information citing multiple sources in Congress that Russia may bring nuclear weapons into outer space and target artificial satellites. The Russian president denied this, saying, 'We firmly oppose the deployment of nuclear weapons in space'