Key Facts

• Ruslan Kravchenko resigned as Ukraine’s prosecutor general due to corruption accusations.
• Anti-corruption officers searched his offices as part of investigations into illegal call centres.
• Kravchenko denied involvement and said his resignation was to avoid political conflict.
• Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a political crisis following recent government changes.
• Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv, harming residential areas and killing at least two people.
• Other Ukrainian cities like Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia also reported attacks.
• In southern France, four artworks by painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir were stolen in a museum he once lived in.
• The theft occurred quickly and involved suspects fleeing after dropping one stolen painting; the works are valued at about €9 million.