A Coca-Cola factory in Kyiv was struck in a drone attack, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called "a clear Russian signal to America." The strike on the facility occurred on Thursday during the eighth consecutive day of attacks across the Kyiv region, injuring at least 13 people, according to local authorities.

In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker said allies must prepare in case Russia's Vladimir Putin attacks.

Germany closed Russia's Bonn consulate after linking Moscow to a failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport targeting a Ukrainian cargo aircraft.

"We may be headed toward a more dangerous version of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis," one Russian expert told Newsweek.

President Vladimir Putin said on ⁠Tuesday ⁠that Russia was winning the war in ⁠Ukraine and portrayed the Ukrainian leadership as "terrorists" with whom Moscow could not negotiate. Putin, in his most detailed ​comments on the war for many weeks,

Vladimir Putin declared full solidarity with Iran as an expert said both nations "need each other desperately" during the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict.

As Ukrainian civilians suffer from air attacks, Russian ground forces struggle to advance.

Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital for more than 12 hours overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least a dozen people in another aerial onslaught that authorities said was aimed at menacing civilians.