Heavy fighting continued in the eastern Donbas region Friday where troops are battling against a Russian assault that President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “hell” in a nightly address. “Donbas is completely destroyed,” he said, accusing Russian forces of bombing the city of Severodonetsk.

Zelensky blasted a separate airstrike in the Kharkiv region as “absolutely evil” after a Russian missile reportedly hit a cultural center and injured seven, including an 11-year-old child. Three adults were reportedly killed Friday after intense shelling in Severodonetsk hit a school where more than 200 people — including children — were sheltering, according to the regional governor.

Globally, the fallout from three months of war is now being felt in Finland after the state-owned energy firm Gasum announced its Russian natural gas supplier, Gazprom, will cut off shipments Saturday. The move follows Finland’s official application for membership in NATO this week and a Russian energy company halting electricity exports to the nation.

Here’s what else to know

• World financial leaders in the Group of Seven nations agreed to provide Ukraine with about $20 billion in short-term economic support to stabilize its economy amid the ongoing invasion.
• As the battle rages, the Senate approved President Biden’s $40 billion package of fresh military, humanitarian and financial aid to Ukraine. Biden is set to sign the package into law during a trip to East Asia that starts in South Korea on Friday.
• Remaining Ukrainian fighters at the Azovstal steel plant were ordered to lay down their arms and cease the defense of their last stronghold in Mariupol, Denis Prokopenko, a commander of the far-right Azov Regiment, said in a video Friday.
• The war crimes trial of Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin in Ukraine, the first of its kind in the conflict, has adjourned. The court will hand down a sentence next week.
• Russian officials acknowledged Friday that they are considering a bill that would allow citizens over age 40 and foreigners over age 30 to join the country’s war effort in Ukraine to help offset the significant setbacks throughout the invasion.
• The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine.