We’re verifying images from southern Ukraine where a reported Russian strike near the city of Odesa is said to have killed a woman in her car as she was driving across a bridge. The regional head posted on Telegram that her three children were injured.

The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.

Ukrainian "Sub Sea Baby" drones critically damage Russian submarine equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles in Novorossiysk, the Security Service said.

Putin said at an annual meeting with top military officers that Moscow will move to expand a “buffer security zone” along the border.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe will have to find the way to directly engage with the Russian leader as the US pushes ahead with peace talks.

But part is because Ukraine is keeping secret the methods it hopes will help it regain a winning edge elsewhere. Participants refuse to say how they circumvented the all-seeing eyes and kill-zones of the modern battlefield.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has used the Black Sea peninsula to launch attacks since its 2022 invasion.