Shelling near a nuclear plant rattles Nikopol during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and Zelenskiy cautions Moscow from trying Ukrainian soldiers.

Moscow is cautioned by Zelenskiy not to try Ukrainian soldiers. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, has advised Russia against trying Ukrainian soldiers who were taken during the siege of Mariupol, arguing that doing so will jeopardize discussions.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in his most recent video speech that the possibility of discussions with Russia will be eliminated if the "absurd and vile trial" of Ukrainian soldiers goes place in Mariupol.

There will be abuse if this abhorrent court is held and if our people are pushed into these circumstances in defiance of all accords and international laws.

Beyond this point, there will be no room for bargaining. Near the nuclear reactor, Nikopol is being shelled.

The Ukrainian city of Nikopol, which is near to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, was bombarded by artillery shells.

Regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko reported on Telegram that Nikopol had been shelled five times.

As Ukraine prepares for its independence day on Wednesday, Russia is stepping up its missile attacks against it.

The military of the nation issued a warning that Moscow was placing air defense systems in Belarus and had deployed five warships and submarines armed with cruise missiles in the Black Sea. Large gatherings are prohibited for four days starting on Monday in Kiev.

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As the nation marks its 31st year of independence, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a warning that "Russia may attempt to do something really unpleasant, something particularly vicious."

The Ukrainian city of Nikopol, which is adjacent to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, has been bombarded by artillery projectiles.

According to regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko's Telegram post, Nikopol was shelled five times. He claimed that 25 artillery shells struck the city, setting fire to an industrial building and knocking off the electricity for 3,000 people.

Ukrainian officials reported that Russian missiles had hit locations close to Odesa. The regional administration spokeswoman reported on Monday that five Russian Kalibr cruise missiles had been launched from the Black Sea at the area, citing data from the southern military command.

There were no injuries despite the fact that three struck agricultural targets and two were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. While Kyiv claimed a granary had been damaged, Russia claimed on Sunday that the missiles had destroyed an ammo store housing missiles for US-made Himars rockets.

On the outskirts of Moscow on Saturday night, a vehicle bomb murdered the daughter of a Vladimir Putin friend and ultranationalist Russian ideologist.

Investigators say that at around 9.30 p.m. local time (19:30 BST), Darya Dugina, whose father is the political commentator Alexander Dugin, died when the Toyota Land Cruiser she was operating was destroyed by a powerful explosion about 12 miles (20 km) west of the capital close to the village of Bolshiye Vyazemy.

According to a former member of the Russian Duma, the car bomb attack was the work of Russian partisans.

Ilya Ponomarev, who was expelled for his anti-Kremlin activities, said the National Republican Army, an underground organization he claimed operated inside Russia and was committed to overturning the Putin government, was responsible for the explosion. He declared that "this attack marks a new chapter in Russian resistance to Putinism." from MSN