- Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have seized control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe.
- A fire broke out at the complex in the southeastern city of Enerhodar early on Friday morning, but it has now been extinguished.
- Russia has denied attacking the site and blamed the blaze on Ukrainian saboteurs.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to meet him for talks.
- Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to a tentative plan to create humanitarian corridors following a second round of negotiations.
- While Kherson is under Russian control, other cities, including the capital, Kyiv, northeastern Kharkiv and Mariupol, in the southeast, continue to be attacked.
- Russia’s offensive has sparked a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis and a mass exodus from Ukraine.
Source: Al Jazeera