Local residents in the occupied Crimea heard explosions and saw Russian helicopters.
Russian troops are fighting within the town of Bohdanivka in the Bakhmut sector.
Croatia rejects Serbia's accusations of interfering in its internal affairs because of different views on Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who brought the stolen Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine, may have lived in the Spanish district of La Cala (Villajoyosa) for only a few weeks, according to interviews with locals and business representatives who did not recognize him.
The Main Intelligence Directorate confirms that pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked a Russian helicopter for Ukraine, was found dead in Spain.
Intercepted Russian radio communications confirmed the destruction by Ukrainian intelligence of a large Russian landing ship, the Caesar Kunikov, which was left with only an oily stain.
A Russian ship may have been attacked and damaged or destroyed off the coast of Crimea, judging by video footage and eyewitness reports of a fire, explosion, and machine gun fire in the area.
A Mi-8 helicopter carrying specialists from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations crashed into Lake Onega in northern Karelia, and although its wreckage was recovered, the crew members were not found.