Meanwhile, we are getting more news from Ukraine, with the dismissed defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov saying he declined an offer to become president Zelenskyy’s advisor.
His firing sparked rare wartime protests in Kyiv, as reported earlier (9:59).
Fedorov also confirmed to reporters he had a dispute with Ukraine’s army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, accusing him of blocking the defence ministry’s initiatives, Reuters reported.