Overview
- Ukraine’s parliament voted to dismiss Justice Minister Herman Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk after NABU’s energy-sector sweep, which included raids, indictments and sanctions involving figures tied to the president’s circle.
- U.S. pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a U.S.-devised settlement is mounting, with Washington Post and Reuters reporting proposals that include territorial concessions and limits on Ukrainian armaments promoted by envoy Steve Witkoff.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry marked the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials by posting archival materials and warning of attempts to revise the tribunal’s verdicts, reinforcing Moscow’s legal-narrative campaign.
- Russian authorities reported a strike on a Ukrainian repair facility near Berestyn in Kharkiv region and announced 15-year sentences for two captured Ukrainian soldiers over a cross-border raid in Russia’s Kursk region.
- Ukraine’s Prosecutor General and the SBU announced criminal charges against Russian military priest Dmitry Vasilenkov, accusing him of publicly justifying and glorifying Russia’s war against Ukraine.