Large gatherings have been banned in Kyiv for four days from Monday.Ī senior Russian diplomat has ruled out a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. The country’s military warned that Russia had put five cruise missile-bearing warships and submarines out in the Black Sea and that Moscow was positioning air defence systems in Belarus. The FSB’s claims have raised fears of violent retaliation, with Ukraine bracing itself for an intensification of Russian missile attacks to coincide with its independence day on Wednesday. Russian state media reported Moscow was seeking her extradition from Estonia, but a spokesperson for the Estonian police and border guard said they had not received any request for information from the Russian authorities. Russia’s FSB has claimed the suspect responsible for the killing of Dugina had fled to Estonia. Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak described the FSB’s accusations as Russian “propaganda” living “in a fictional world”. A senior Ukrainian official said they believed that Dugin was the target, not the daughter, but argued the victim and her father were not strategically significant figures. Ukraine has vehemently denied involvement in Dugina’s killing. The Guardian has not been able to verify the accusations made by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Dugina was killed on Saturday evening when a bomb blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving, Russian investigators said. Russia has accused Ukraine’s intelligence services of carrying out the murder of Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue. Here’s a quick roundup of what’s been happening today:

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