Ukraine Gains Foothold on Dnipro River Amid Ammunition Shortfall

As the conflict continues, a Russian artist is jailed for anti-war messages and a former Russian detective convicted of a high-profile assassination is pardied and recruited to fight in Ukraine.

Ukraine has claimed to have gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnipro River, marking a potentially significant advance across a natural defensive barrier for Russian forces.
Germany has warned that European targets for providing ammunition to Ukraine will fall short, with the EU unlikely to meet its goal of supplying Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition.
Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, a former Russian detective convicted for his role in the 2006 assassination of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has been pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin after being recruited to fight in Ukraine.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, pledging continued moral, diplomatic, economic, and military support to the country.
Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in jail for replacing price tags with anti-war messages in a supermarket.