Russia’s defence ministry says it has killed 600 fighters in multiple artillery strike on Ukrainian positions overnight. Russian forces are not allowing anyone to leave the occupied areas of Kherson, as per Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine claims its soldiers liberated a few settlements on the border of Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.Meanwhile, Putin spoke to Israeli PM Naftali Bennett and discussed Ukraine crisis and the Holocaust amid tensions between the two nations. Bennett reportedly accepted Putin’s apology over Russian FM Lavrov’s remarks that Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’. NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance could heighten its presence around Sweden and the Baltic Sea.#RussiaUkraineWar. #AzovstalDefenders.. #PutinApologises. #UkraineNewsCRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives.