A Ukrainian official says Russia's growing use of harder-to-intercept missiles marks a dangerous new stage as Patriot interceptor stocks run low.

Ukraine has been conducting a long-range strike campaign, hitting Russia's oil and gas facilities to try to hurt its economy and war effort.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut urged the House to approve the Senate-passed Russia sanctions bill amid a "moment of extreme urgency" in the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck a Lukoil refinery overnight in Kstovo, in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region. The facility, which has an annual processing capacity of about 125 million barrels, was set ablaze in the attack, a General Staff statement said.

Turkey has prepared a plan for the safe passage of grain via the Black Sea and is in contact with both Russia and Ukraine regarding it, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said

Crop prices are headed for their biggest monthly gain in 14 years as Russia's war in Ukraine disrupts Black Sea exports, threatening to push up the cost of food worldwide. The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index,

Russia launched nearly 1,500 drones in four days as Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Moscow aims to exhaust Ukraine, with daytime attacks now disrupting Kyiv.

After repeated disappointments over US Patriots, Kyiv switches to attacking Russia using European weapons.