Early results from Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, released by the country’s election commission, show the main Kremlin party dominating the vote.
Russian officials say Ukrainian forces launched over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds targeting Moscow.
Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region that hit numerous buildings and storage depots.
Ukrainian forces have launched one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since the invasion began, firing almost 800 drones.
Russian officials report that Ukrainian drone attacks overnight and later on Saturday have killed nine people and wounded more than 80 others.
Ukraine and nine other countries have announced a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, taking advantage of Kyiv’s experience of fighting Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.
Officials say Russian drones, missiles and artillery have killed at least 26 civilians and injured more than 200 others in Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their range and targets.
Russian authorities say two drones have crashed outside Moscow as they were approaching the warehouses of a local military unit.
