Ukraine - Russia war, last minute | The Kremlin says it has no data on the causes of Navalny's death. The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died suddenly today in the Russian Arctic prison where he had been since last December.
"The situation is critical. The enemy continues to press," the spokesman for the 3rd assault brigade, Oleksandr Borodin, declared on television. "There [in Bakhmut], it was difficult, now it is extremely difficult," facing better-armed Russian forces.