President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal as Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in the morning. Meanwhile, Kyiv hit Russia's Saratov oil refinery and the Saky air base in occupied Crimea overnight, the Ukrainian military said Friday. This liveblog is no longer being updated.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian and US delegations are to meet this week to work out a formula discussed at talks in Geneva to bring peace and provide security guarantees for Kyiv.
- Zelensky will not agree to give up land to Russia in exchange for peace, his chief of staff Andriy Yermak told US magazine the Atlantic in an interview.
- Jordan asked Russia to stop recruiting its citizens for its armed forces after two of them were killed fighting for Moscow.
- Italy's defence minister said on Thursday that it will become clear in the next weeks if Russian President Vladimir Putin has any interest in making peace with Ukraine, and that the war was costing Moscow dearly, despite its increase in defence spending.
