At least 16 people were killed as Russia and Ukraine exchanged fresh strikes, while Kyiv expanded its long-range drone campaign with attacks on a Siberian oil refinery and other targets inside Russia.

The Ukrainian attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses produced stark images, with massive pillars of black smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities for Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer and its equivalent of Amazon.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine's capital, killing at least 21 people and prompting President Zelenskyy to call for sped-up weapons support from his partners.

Russia has launched one of its largest ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion more than four years ago.

Ukraine has ratcheted up its attacks on Russia's Amazon-style retail giant, Wildberries, signaling a new phase in the war.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet US counterpart Marco Rubio, but progress towards peace unlikely.

A Russian missile strike has destroyed $2.6m (£1.9m) worth of HIV prevention supplies in Ukraine, according to an international aid group.