Summary
- US and Russian defence chiefs had a rare telephone conversation amidst rising tensions over a Ukraine attack blamed on the US.
- International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and military chief of staff for war crimes in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian troops in Donetsk region may still be outnumbered by Russian forces but have overcome ammunition shortages.
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 90 prisoners of war, overseen by the United Arab Emirates as intermediary.