War in Ukraine – Russian missile hits recreation center – child dead

The most important news of the day in short:

• At least 14 people have been killed in a rocket attack on a nine-storey apartment building in the Odessa region. A second rocket hit a recreation center. According to the regional spokesman, three people were killed – including a child.

• Worried about provocations, Ukraine is strengthening its border checkpoints with Belarus. The background is evidence of a ‘secret mobilization’ in the neighboring country.

• Russia has postponed the start of a train service announced for Friday between the 2014-annexed Crimean peninsula and the war-occupied Ukrainian cities of Kherson and Melitopol. Crimea’s pro-Russian authorities referred to security concerns.

• The United States does not see China evading sanctions or supplying military equipment to Russia, a US official said.

• The US Department of Defense is currently evaluating 1,300 proposals from 800 companies for new weapons that could be developed and produced for Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion.

The Russian military offensive in Ukraine is the culmination of a conflict that has been raging for years. A chronology of the events can be found here.

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