Europe

In a shift in policy, Jerusalem offers to help Kyiv develop air attack alerts for civilians, but remains firm on not supplying the country with weapons.

The request will be made to Jerusalem amid ongoing Russian aerial bombardments in Ukraine and revelations that Tehran is providing Moscow with suicide drones and other arms.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the US "strongly condemns Russia's missile strikes" and that the attack "continues to demonstrate Putin's brutality". Analysts believe the slower-moving Shahed drones can be programmed to accurately hit certain targets using GPS unless the system fails.

"Rescuers are on the site," capital's mayor says on the Telegram messaging service, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in a non-residential building.

“Our reliable and trusted energy partners in the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond will be relevant to help Europe to replace every last molecule of Russian gas to achieve a more resilient power system and a true Energy Union,” commissioner says.

The Russian Defense Ministry says two men opened fire at volunteer soldiers during a target practice session in western Russia, killing 11 of them and wounding 15 others before being killed themselves.

Ukrainian troops reportedly make steady territorial gains along the southern front, including the recapture of 75 settlements in the Kherson region in the last month.

Diplomats say Russia is trying to scare the West into reducing its support for Ukraine by hinting at the use of a tactical nuclear weapon to defend the annexed territories.

Senior Ukrainian official tells the New York Times that a private Israeli team is supplying Ukraine with satellite imagery of Russian troop positions. Residents of Kyiv awake to air raid sirens as capital region struck by Iranian-made kamikaze drones.

The massive salvo on Ukraine – which Moscow tried to explain as a precision strike on military installations despite being clearly against civilians – resulted in many dead. The official count stands at 19.