22:57⇢Sudzha School Claims Split Moscow and Kyiv
⌨Russian media extensively cover claims of a Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a boarding school in Sudzha, with Defense Ministry labeling it a war crime (RIA, TASS, Gazeta, Interfax, Kommersant, Lenta, NTV, RBC, Vesti). Earlier reports from Ukrainian sources had claimed Russian forces struck the same facility where civilians were sheltering (Meduza). In parallel, Washington's discussions about pushing Kyiv to hold elections as part of a potential truce emerge (RT).