Nine people have been killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Russia launched more than 470 drones and 47 missiles in the "brazen attack", he wrote in a post on Telegram.

Ukraine has not previously stated openly that it uses the advanced U.S.-provided ballistic missile systems on targets inside Russia.

Russia is feeling the pinch from President Donald Trump’s latest sanctions, as world energy markets show the new prohibitions on Rosneft and Lukoil are having some effect.

With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.

A Russian national, now in Azerbaijan, is suspected of coordinating a 2024 parcel plot targeting air cargo planes in Europe.

A full-scale invasion of Poland, in the manner Russia invaded Ukraine, is rather not viable, given Russia's current military capacities, Poland's military build-up and the collective defense guarantees of NATO membership, Michnik said, "however, this reality must not diminish Poland’s ongoing preparation."

LVIV (Reuters) -A series of explosions were heard in the western Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Ternopil, Ukrainian media and a Reuters witness reported on Wednesday, after Ukraine's military warned of a high threat of Russian missile and drone attacks.

Oil prices were flat on Tuesday in a choppy session as traders weighed the impact of Western sanctions on Russian oil flows against an expected supply surplus next year. Brent crude was down 9 cents,