What just happened
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from custody in Iran and begun her journey home.
- Ukraine’s President Zelensky said there was “room for compromise” at peace talks as Russian officials spoke of a potential deal based on Ukrainian neutrality.
- 20,000 residents of Mariupol escaped the city by car as the city’s deputy mayor said 400 civilians were being held hostage in one of its hospitals.
- Maria Ovsyannikova was fined the equivalent of $280 but spared jail after displaying an anti-war placard on Russia’s main evening news on Monday.