 Russia's Defense Ministry says nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at the Azov Stahl Steel Factory in Mariupol. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Finland and Sweden must respect Turkey's position on Kurdish militants before his country will support their efforts to join the NATO military alliance. Korean North Korea leader Kim Jong-un criticizes government efforts to fight COVID-19 after the country reported its first official cases last week. And hundreds of climbers return from Mount Everest, including the first Ukrainian woman to reach the top of the world's highest mountain.