• In his nightly address on Sunday, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed retaliation after Russian artillery shelling in the Kherson region killed seven civilians and injured 13 more. UKRINFORM (a)
• Among those killed, according to Ukraine's ministry of internal affairs, was a newborn baby girl, her 12-year-old brother, and both their parents. They were reportedly killed, alongside another resident, in the village of Shiroka Balka. Two further deaths came in the neighboring village of Stanislav. Guardian (LR: 2 CP: 5)
• Following the attack, Zelenskyy said there was "not a single day when Russian evil does not get our completely fair retaliation." Ukraine's president continued, saying: "Every occupier destroyed, every piece of Russian equipment burned, fire instead of their headquarters and warehouses," was proof that Kyiv "will not leave any of Russia's crimes unanswered." President
• In its latest assessment, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US military think tank that tracks battlefield progress in the conflict, reported that fighting is ongoing on the east bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region — an area that suffered severe flooding after a major dam collapsed earlier in the year. Ukrainian forces have sought to gain a foothold on the east bank of the river, which Russian forces currently control. Understandingwar
• Elsewhere, ISW also reported that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in two sectors of the front line — namely near the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border and in western Zaporizhzhia — where they are said to have made marginal advances. Meanwhile, ISW reported that Russian forces continued to make marginal advances in the Kharkiv region. Understandingwar
• In the latest attacks, Ukrainian officials said that the country's air defenses repelled all eight missiles and 15 drones deployed by Russia in the Odesa region overnight. However, they reported that three civilians were injured by falling debris that sparked a fire at a supermarket. Three civilians were also reported injured following shelling in the Kharkiv region, while two civilians were killed and one more was injured after a missile attack in the Zaporizhzhia region. UKRINFORM (b)

Pro-Ukraine narrative:

• Russia is continuing its murderous assault on Ukraine's civilians, now wiping out an entire family in Kherson. Ukraine will not let these crimes go unpunished for a single day — Kyiv will continue to attack Russian forces until they're completely expelled from Ukrainian territory.
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Pro-Russia narrative:

• Russia has repeatedly said that it does not target civilians. All strikes are directed at military targets, including military warehouses, fuel depots and training facilities.
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Nerd narrative:

• There is a 2% chance that Ukraine will receive a security guarantee from another country before 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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