Ukraine intelligence indicates the country's stepped up drone strikes are forcing Russia to burn through interceptor missiles, possibly faster than it can build new ones.

Ukraine has upped its painful strike campaign on Russian oil and gas infrastructure since the start of the year.

Kaja Kallas, E.U.'s chief diplomat, in March said it was her wish that “Ukraine is going to join [the] European Union soon,” although she declined to give an exact timeline.

A Russian bombardment of Ukraine's biggest cities has set ablaze part of an Eastern Orthodox landmark and killed 11 people.

Ukrainian drones struck oil plants in Moscow and Russia's southern Krasnodar Krai region overnight a day after a massive airborne attack on Ukraine.

Russian gasoline prices advanced further, with drivers in the summer vacation season facing headaches after some filling stations across the nation limited sales due to Ukrainian attacks on refineries.

MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuters) - Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a deadly drone strike on a bus carrying Belarusian schoolchildren on Wednesday, an allegation that Ukraine's military said was "false".

The proposal will be announced within a few days Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will put forward the candidacy of a special negotiator at the upcoming European Union summit to represent Brussels in the process of settling the Russia–Ukraine war,