Ukraine plans to publish a special "Book of Executors" next week with confirmed information about war crimes committed by the Russian army.

Among those listed will be not only those who have committed war crimes, but also their commanders, writes "Now".

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This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his night video message, spread on social networks.

Late last night, the head of state questioned Moscow's claims that Russia's victory in Donbass was inevitable, saying "absolutely heroic defense continues."

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"The situation on the front line has not changed much in the last 24 hours. The hotspots remain the same. First of all Severodonetsk, Lisichansk and Popasna. Apparently the occupiers did not believe that the resistance of our military will be so strong and are now trying to score new resources to Donbass. It's the same in Kherson - they are bringing in new units to stifle our actions. More than 31,000 Russian soldiers have already died in Ukraine. Russia is paying almost 300 lives every day for a completely senseless war against Ukraine. " said Zelenski.

Intensive battles for control of Severodonetsk continued tonight, with Russia and Ukraine making a number of claims and counter-claims about the situation on the ground.

Moscow has said it has "liberated" the eastern city, which is key to controlling Ukraine's eastern Donbass region, although this was soon denied by Kyiv, which says it still controls the situation.

Zelensky denied that Russian troops had made a breakthrough in Donbass

Ukraine, meanwhile, has called for more heavy weapons to counter Russia's military offensive in the east.

The country's allies are seeking to secure these weapons, so coveted by Kyiv, amid broader international efforts to export more grain from Ukraine.

More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered in Mariupol have been transferred to Russia to investigate them, Russian media reported.

Ukraine has demanded the return of all 2,000 defenders of the Azovstal metallurgical plant as part of a prisoner exchange, but Russian lawmakers have demanded that some of the soldiers be tried.

Meanwhile, the bodies of 160 fighters defending Azovstal have arrived in Kyiv, their relatives said.

This happened after an exchange of casualties between the two warring parties.

Russia has handed over to Kyiv some of the bodies of Azovstal fighters killed

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the radiation detectors at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant are back in operation.

According to the data, radiation levels are normal.

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