Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv retaking territory, Zelenskyy says, as Nordic leaders urge Putin to end the conflict

• President Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are retaking territory through a series of offensives, describing Kyiv's battlefield position as its strongest in some time. • The leaders of Finland and Norway phoned Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to urge him to end the war. • Russian strikes damaged a university campus and Kyiv's Southern Bridge overnight, hit by four Iskander ballistic missiles according to a Ukrainian military source. • At least eight cargo ships have been hit near the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria in the past three weeks, with about 34 sailors reported dead or missing.