A Russian strike knocked out power to eight coal mines in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, trapping 2,595 miners underground at the time, according to the Energy Ministry.

A former commander of Kyiv's Berkut riot police unit was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for concealing crimes against Maidan protesters on February 20, 2014, the Prosecutor General's Office announced.

Russian troops executed five civilians in Zvanivka village, Bakhmut district, Donetsk Oblast, on Monday, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office reported.