A Russian strike on a farm warehouse in Pryluky, north-central Ukraine, has killed at least three people, local police said. Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said an attack on a train near the Polish border was an attempt to intimidate Ukraine's allies.
The United States on Monday imposed new Iran-related sanctions on VTB Bank, one of Russia's largest lenders, accusing it of involvement in efforts to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
VTB had already been sanctioned by Washington in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The latest measures target the bank over its alleged role in activities linked to Iran, according to a U.S. statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is prepared to stop striking targets in Russia if international partners can guarantee that Moscow will cease attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, critical infrastructure and food supply routes.
His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to target each other's energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy, however, expressed scepticism about Russia's willingness to honour such an arrangement, saying Ukraine expects concrete guarantees from its partners.
“The war must be brought to an end,” Zelenskyy said, adding that a halt to attacks on critical infrastructure could serve as a first step towards de-escalation and eventual peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to refrain from attacking each other's energy infrastructure.
“Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian energy targets. Russia has agreed to do likewise,” Trump wrote on Monday.
Finland has joined France's initiative to extend the reach of its nuclear deterrent through collaboration with partner European countries, the heads of both countries have said.
In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's expressions of concern about the U.S. security commitment to Europe and to the security implications of the Ukraine war, France in March announced the Forward Nuclear Deterrence Initiative.
“The initiative is first and foremost about strengthening European security. It reinforces Europe's responsibility for its own defence and helps prevent escalation,” Finland's President Alexander Stubb said in a post on X.
Attacks on Russia's western Belgorod region have killed one person and injured another, authorities have said.
The Security Service of Ukraine has urged people living in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine not to participate in Russia's upcoming legislative elections.
Moscow has created 11 single-member constituencies in occupied Ukrainian territories for this purpose.
These cover the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea.
Russia's strike on a Warsaw-bound train near Ukraine's border with Poland shows how desperate Russian President Vladimir Putin has become, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said.
“Russia is growing increasingly reckless as it continues its terrible war against Ukraine,” he added.
Rutte went on to say that NATO had all the options it needed to counter hybrid attacks from Russia.
“Putin knows very well that he will not be able to divide us. And we have all the response options we need when it comes to hybrids. It will not always be visible and public. But I can assure you we have all the responsible instructions,” Rutte told reporters in Brussels.
The Kremlin says instability in the Persian Gulf is rapidly worsening the situation in global oil markets as major volumes of crude are being removed from supply. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said disruptions had already affected a significant share of global oil flows.
He pointed to the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, saying it had taken more than 4 per cent of global supplies off the market. Peskov warned that the disruption could have serious consequences for economies worldwide and increase concerns over energy security.
He also said Russia’s temporary ban on oil product exports was aimed at ensuring sufficient supplies for its domestic market. Moscow said Russian restrictions were also affecting international markets by reducing available exports. The comments came after an attack forced the Saudi pipeline, which carries around 4–5 million barrels per day, to remain out of service. The disruption has raised concerns over possible pressure on global oil prices.
Ukraine's allies must not be forced into an escalation by the drone strike on a train near the country's border with Poland, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said.
He added that he took the incident very seriously.
Russian forces have hit two cargo ships in the Black Sea, Russian news agency Interfax has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been pounding each other's export terminals and grain-carrying vessels in an escalation that has created the biggest risks to Black Sea trade since the conflict began.
Initial findings suggest a drone recovered from the Baltic Sea by the Polish Army is a Russian military drone, Poland's Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, has said in a post X. The drone was found in a coastal area near the town of Rusinowo in northwestern Poland.
Russia has captured three villages in Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
The villages of Shevchenkove and Shyroke in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region were taken, as well as the village of Novoandriivka in southeastern Ukraine, TASS reported.
Ukraine is to receive $841 million in financial support from the World Bank in the near future, backed by guarantees from the Canadian government, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi has said.
“Amid a budget deficit and the imbalance of public finances, this is extremely important and timely support,” Koretskyi said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia's army operates across all of Ukraine's territory and would continue to do so, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, has said, when asked to comment on reports a Russian drone hit a passenger train near the Polish border.
The train was attacked just 2 kilometres from the border with NATO member Poland, Ukraine's railway operator said, shortly after ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had used the same line.
The Kremlin has said that the situation in global energy markets is worsening, mainly due to instability in the Middle East, and that an export ban on diesel should help boost the domestic market in Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was answering a question about U.S. President Donald Trump's request on the weekend to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure.
Moscow welcomed Trump's request, Peskov told reporters, adding that Russian officials would discuss resuming diesel exports once domestic fuel supplies had stabilised.
Charges have been brought against a German-Ukrainian woman for acting on behalf of the Russian foreign intelligence service, German federal prosecutors have said. The woman, known only as Ilona W., allegedly passed information to a Russian intelligence officer at the embassy in Berlin.
Russian forces have struck a building used by Kyivstar, a mobile communication firm that provides services to Ukraine's army, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
Winter will be “turning point” for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Poland's Defence Minister
Cezary Tomczyk has said in an interview on Polish news channel TVN24.
“Russia believes this could be a turning point in terms of how the war is waged, and that Ukraine today also needs maximum support from the Western world to survive the war and to be able to effectively defend itself against air attack,” he said.
At least three people have been killed after Russia struck farm warehouses in Pryluky, north-central Ukraine, local police said in a post on Telegram. Another seven people were injured in the attack, authorities added.
A Russian drone attack on a train near Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland on Sunday was meant to scare Western countries supporting Ukraine, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.
“I think we should act the opposite. We should show that we are there for Ukraine and we are not scared,” she told reporters in Rovaniemi, Finland, where she attended a summit on Europe's Arctic strategy.
Drone strikes hit several districts in the Russian city of Sochi overnight, triggering fires, Mayor of Sochi Andrey Proshunin, said in a post on Telegram. Five people were injured in the attacks, including a child, he said.
New ballistic missiles are due to enter into service with the Ukrainian military within weeks, newspaper The Kyiv Independent has reported, citing the CEO of Ukrainian defence firm Fire Point.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urgently convened government ministers, as well as military and intelligence officials, after a Russian strike hit a Kyiv-Warsaw train near Poland's border with Ukraine.
Adam Szłapka, Polish Government Spokesperson, said the meeting focused on the country's “security situation,” following the incident.
Russian strikes on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine injured four people in the past 24 hours, Oleh Syniehubov, the region's Governor has said in a post on Telegram.
He said that Kharkiv was targeted with drones and guided bombs during the attacks.
Russian air defence systems shot down 399 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the Black Sea overnight, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
The European Union has condemned Russian strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border, including an attack on a passenger train reportedly carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European officials.
EU Commission spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said, “We strongly condemn the latest Russian strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border, including the attack on a passenger train.”
He added that the bloc would continue supporting Ukraine’s defence, pointing to the EU’s recent approval of €6.1 billion or $7 billion in support for Ukrainian air and missile defence.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has criticised a Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian locomotive near the Poland border, saying it was an example of the attacks on civilian infrastructure faced by Ukrainians daily.
Johnson was traveling on the same train line before the attack happened on Sunday.
Ukraine says a Russian drone strike on a train near the Poland border may have targeted a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European security officials. The strike hit a locomotive near Yahodyn station shortly before the diplomatic train was due to arrive, according to Ukrainian Railways.
The operator said the drone was detected before impact, and passengers were ordered to prepare for evacuation. No casualties were reported. Russia said it targeted railway infrastructure in western Ukraine, but has not commented on Kyiv’s claim that the diplomatic train may have been the intended target.
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