Shelling near Nikopol's nuclear plant; Zelenskiy cautions Moscow against trying Ukrainian military

Zelenskiy warns Moscow on Ukrainian soldier trials. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, has warned Russia against trying Ukrainian soldiers seized during the siege of Mariupol.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy claimed in his last video address that a "ridiculous and filthy trial" of Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol would end discussions with Russia.

If this terrible court is held and our people are transported there in contravention of all international conventions, there will be abuse.

This is the bargaining line.” Nikopol's nuclear plant is shelled

Near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, artillery shells fell on Nikopol.

Valentyn Reznichenko, regional governor, said Nikopol was shelled five times.

On Wednesday, Ukraine's independence day, Russian missile assaults will intensify.

The military warned that Russia has placed five warships and submarines with cruise missiles in the Black Sea and air defense systems in Belarus. Kyiv bans large gatherings for four days starting Monday.

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Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that "Russia may try to do something extremely terrible, something particularly wicked" this week.

Artillery shells fell on Nikopol, Ukraine, near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor.

Regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said Nikopol was shelled five times. 25 artillery shells damaged the city, igniting a factory fire and cutting power to 3,000 residents.

Ukraine says Russian rockets hit Odesa. Five Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from the Black Sea at the region, a regional administration spokeswoman said Monday.

Two were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, and three hit agricultural objectives. Russia said the missiles struck a Himars munitions storage, while Kyiv said a granary was targeted.

On Saturday night, a vehicle bomb murdered the daughter of an ultranationalist Putin loyalist.

Darya Dugina, whose father is Russian political analyst Alexander Dugin, died when the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving exploded 12 miles (20km) west of the capital near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy at about 9.30pm local time (1930 BST).

A former Duma member claims Russian partisans were behind the bombing.

Ilya Ponomarev, dismissed for anti-Kremlin activities, blamed the explosion on the National Republican Army, an underground group dedicated to destroying the Putin dictatorship. This attack opens a new chapter in Russian resistance to Putinism. MSN.