In Ukraine, Russian-appointed officials say they’ve completed a mass evacuation of Kherson ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian assault to recapture the city. Ukraine has called the evacuation a forced deportation and a war crime, and accused Russian forces of looting abandoned homes and quartering soldiers inside. Meanwhile, Russia has blamed Ukraine for destroying power lines to Kherson, leading to widespread blackouts and the loss of tap water beginning on Sunday. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday sought to dampen growing anger inside Russia over recent battlefield losses in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said hundreds of Russian troops — many of them recent conscripts — were being killed there each day.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “The Donetsk region remains the epicenter of the greatest madness of the occupiers. Hundreds die daily. The ground before the Ukraine positions is littered with bodies of the occupiers.”