Among other locations hit in southern Ukraine, a Russian assault struck a five-story residential building, killing at least one civilian and wounding 28 people, including children. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to strike Russian oil refineries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian officials want to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders next week. The proposed meetings appear designed to add momentum to the push for peace.

Kim Jong Un will attend a huge military parade in China, where he can admire the weapons his regime aspires to make. With Putin’s help, he’s making progress.

Gas stations have run dry in some regions of Russia after Ukrainian drones struck refineries and other oil infrastructure in recent weeks.

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks amid reports that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Some Russian troops have entered the villages of Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizke in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, a major Ukrainian industrial center next to the Donetsk region.

Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline.

Smartphones and electric vehicles for military or commercial use are among the products that rely on the silvery-blue element, much of which is processed by China.

U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as a lack of progress fuels doubts about whether a peace settlement could be on the horizon.

Russian officials said several power and energy facilities were targeted in the overnight strikes.