Overview
- Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov says he is ready to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and keep regular contacts on Ukraine and bilateral matters.
- Lavrov reiterates that Crimea, Donbass and so-called Novorossiya are not up for negotiation.
- He denounces Western proposals to repurpose frozen Russian assets for Kyiv as “deception and robbery” and vows an appropriate response.
- Ukraine’s energy operator reports power generation capacity fell to zero after large-scale strikes, with planned outages of 8–16 hours and at least seven people killed.
- Ukraine’s human-rights commissioner urges Italy’s justice minister to ensure safeguards for Serhii Kuznietsov, a Nord Stream suspect in custody who is reported to be on hunger strike.