Shelling shakes Nikopol near nuclear plant; Zelenskiy urges Moscow against prosecuting Ukrainian soldiers

Zelenskiy urges Moscow against putting Ukrainian soldiers on trial. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr 

Zelenskiy, has urged Russia against putting Ukrainian soldiers detained during the Mariupol siege on trial, arguing that doing so would jeopardize the chance of negotiations.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in his most recent video speech that if the "absurd and vile trial" of Ukrainian soldiers takes place in Mariupol, it will remove the chance of discussions with Russia.

There will be abuse if this vile court is held, if our people are placed into these circumstances in defiance of all accords and international conventions.

Beyond this point, no negotiations will be possible." Nikopol is being shelled near a nuclear power plant.

Artillery shells rained down on Nikopol, Ukraine, near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power facility.

Nikopol was shelled five times, regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said in a Telegram post.

Ukraine is braced for an increase in Russian missile assaults to coincide with the country's independence day on Wednesday.

The country's military warned that Russia has deployed five cruise missile-carrying vessels and submarines in the Black Sea, as well as air defense systems in Belarus. Large gatherings are prohibited in Kyiv for four days beginning Monday.

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Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has warned that "Russia may attempt to do something extremely terrible, something particularly vicious" during the country's 31st anniversary of independence this week.

Artillery shells have fallen on the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, which is near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power facility.

Nikopol was shelled five times, regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said on Telegram. He claimed that 25 artillery munitions struck the city, triggering a fire at an industrial complex and knocking out power to 3,000 people.

According to Ukrainian officials, Russian missiles struck locations near Odesa. Five Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from the Black Sea into the region on Monday, according to a regional administration official, citing information from the southern military command.

Two were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, while three others hit agricultural targets, although no one was hurt. On Sunday, Russia stated the missiles struck an ammo storage carrying missiles for US-made Himars rockets, while Kyiv said a granary was targeted.

On Saturday night, a vehicle bomb on the outskirts of Moscow murdered the daughter of an ultranationalist Russian theorist and Putin ally.

According to investigators, Darya Dugina perished when the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving was blasted apart by a huge explosion around 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of the city near the town of Bolshiye Vyazemy at around 9.30 p.m. local time (1930 BST).

A former member of Russia's Duma has stated that the car bombing was carried out by Russian partisans.

Ilya Ponomarev, who was expelled for anti-Kremlin activities, said the explosion was the work of the National Republican Army, a Russian underground group dedicated to destroying the Putin dictatorship. "This incident marks a new chapter in Russian opposition to Putinism," he stated. MSN is the source.