Day 535 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Over 30 Frontline Battles in the Country, 20 Drones Launched against Crimea

Day 535 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Over 30 frontline battles in Ukraine
• Russia says it has destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched against Crimea
• Moscow wants an open meeting of the UN Security Council because of "Western arms supplies" to Ukraine
• The ruble fell to its lowest levels since the start of the war
• 385 Ukrainian children taken to Russia have been returned to their families so far
• Christo Grozev to the "Financial Times": Either Prigozhin will die or there will be a second coup

Over 30 frontline battles in Ukraine

The Ukrainian General Staff reported more than 30 battles on the front line in the morning briefing. And the defense ministry in Moscow said Russia had destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones fired at the Crimean peninsula early this morning.

More than 20 settlements in the occupied Donetsk region suffered from Russian artillery shelling. Near Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army repelled another attack by the occupation forces, according to the summary of the General Staff in Kyiv. "The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue the offensive operation in the region of Melitopol and Berdiansk," the General Staff also wrote.

The Washington Institute for the Study of War notes that over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops have advanced along the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia region.

Over the past night, Russian air defenses have shot down 14 unmanned aerial vehicles over the occupied Crimean peninsula, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. Local residents heard a loud...