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1. Putin meets with Russian military moms — but not the ones criticizing the war mobilization

   

   A grassroots Russian group called the Council of Mothers and Wives has been publicly demanding to speak to Russia's military leadership about the draft — and, in some cases, learn the whereabouts of men they say were sent to Ukraine and have not been heard from since.

2. Head of Haiti's police academy shot and killed in gang-controlled neighbourhood

   

   The director of Haiti's National Police Academy was shot and killed at the doors of a police training facility in a gang-controlled neighbourhood in the country's capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian police say.

3. Sub-zero Ukraine restores power to millions in wake of Russian strikes on grid

   

   Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power to millions of people left in the dark after the most devastating Russian airstrikes so far, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants.

4. Twitter will grant 'amnesty' to suspended accounts. Online safety advocates fear more harassment, hate speech

   

   New Twitter owner Elon Musk says that he is granting "amnesty" for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

5. Ukrainian doctors were performing heart surgery on a child. Then the power went out

   

   Doctors in Kyiv were performing open-heart surgery on a 14-year-old boy Wednesday when the lights suddenly flickered off.