Closing summary
A Russian attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv has injured at least 23 people, officials said.
Russia said its air defences had shot down eight ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine, but did not specify what kind of missiles were used or where they were shot down.
Ukrainian drones reportedly hit a fuel facility in the Russian region of Kaluga, in Kyiv’s latest attack on Moscow’s energy sites.
Călin Georgescu, a Moscow-friendly politician, is set to face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania’s presidential elections after a shock first-round result that could jeopardise its support for Ukraine.
James Scott Rhys Anderson, a 22-year-old British national, has reportedly been captured by Russia’s forces in the Kursk region while fighting for Ukraine. The UK foreign secretary David Lammy told reporters that the government will do all it can to support Anderson, who said he served as a signalman in the British army until 2023 before joining the International Legion in Ukraine to fight against Russia.
Britain sanctioned 30 ships in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet that have been skirting restrictions to transport billions of dollars of petroleum, the Foreign Office said. It is the biggest sanctions package targeting the fleet of illegitimate and often decrepit ships that are operating illegally to avoid sanctions, according to the Foreign Office.
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the new Nato secretary general Mark Rutte discussed possible ways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine during talks in Ankara on Monday, the Turkish presidency said.
“During the meeting, what can be done to end the Ukraine-Russia war and the massacre in Palestine were discussed …” the presidency said on X.
Nato member Turkey, which has condemned the Russian invasion, says it supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and it has provided Kyiv with military support.
But Turkey, a Black Sea neighbour of both Russia and Ukraine, also opposes western sanctions against Moscow, with which it shares important defence, energy and tourism ties.
