Russian warship sinks, France 2022 race heats up, Shanghai lockdown, Musk's move for Twitter

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No matter which side you believe, the optics are bad. Russia announced that its flagship cruiser in the Black Sea, the Moskva, had sunk while being towed. This came after a fire on board, says the Kremlin; a Ukrainian-made Mercury-type missile, claims Kyiv. The Russian response was quick in coming: the overnight bombing of a factory southwest of the capital Kyiv that makes Neptune missiles and Moscow throwing up new unconfirmed claims that Ukraine is hitting targets across the border.