- Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering, Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk Oblast, said on Saturday.

- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv on Saturday.

- Von der Leyen told Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that her executive will "by the end of next week" finalize its opinion on whether Ukraine should be a candidate country to join the EU.

- Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially enacted new laws governing non-compliance with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.