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ByNatasha Frost Writer, Briefings

Good morning. We’re covering legal cases involving Donald Trump, and Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip near the front line.

One case involving Donald Trump concerns attorney-client privilege.Desiree Rios/The New York Times

Developments on Trump legal cases

A federal appeals court ruled that a lawyer representing Donald Trump in an inquiry into his handling of classified materials had to answer a grand jury’s questions and give prosecutors a trove of documents related to his legal work for Trump. The ruling came after Trump sought an order to stop the lawyer, Evan Corcoran, from handing over documents to investigators.

A separate legal proceeding involving Trump — the Manhattan district attorney’s consideration of whether to seek an indictment of the former president on charges related to a hush-money payment to a porn actress — remained unresolved. The grand jury did not meet yesterday, meaning that any indictment would come today at the earliest.

The classified materials litigation centers on whether prosecutors can force Corcoran to provide information about who knew what about the continued presence of classified material at Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s residence and private club in Florida, after the government had demanded its return last spring.

Details: The case involves a balancing act between attorney-client privilege, which generally protects lawyers from divulging communications with their clients to the government, and a special provision allowing prosecutors to break through attorney-client privilege when they believe that legal advice or legal services have been used in furthering a crime.

In a photo released by the Ukrainian government, Volodymyr Zelensky met soldiers near Bakhmut.Ukrainian Presidential Press Service

Volodymyr Zelensky’s morale-boosting trip to Bakhmut

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, made a rare trip near the front line, personally thanking soldiers who have been fighting in the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut. The trip came as air and seaborne drones attacked the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea and a Russian missile ripped into an apartment complex in Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one person.

Both Zelensky and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, are seeking to solidify alliances and secure help for the fight ahead. Both sides are expected to mount offensives. China will continue to buffer Western sanctions imposed on Russia, and Ukraine’s allies promised more help, including a $15.6 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.

In Crimea, the Russia-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said after the attack there that three drones had been destroyed and that Russian ships were not damaged. It was the second straight day that drones were reported to have targeted the peninsula. It was not clear who was behind the drones. Ukraine rarely takes responsibility for attacks in territory claimed by Russia.

In Moscow: China’s leader, Xi Jinping, wrapped up a three-day summit with Putin that showed the two superpowers aligned in countering U.S. dominance and a Western-led world order.