Russian attacks have killed three people and wounded 15 in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, the city’s military administration chief said.

    Ukraine and France have agreed on a purchase of 100 France-made fighter jets in a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

    Russia says its air defence forces have destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones overnight, the RIA news agency reported.

    Oil prices have fallen as loadings resumed at the key Russian export hub of Novorossiysk, after a two-day suspension at the Black Sea port that had been hit by a Ukrainian attack.

Railway line blast in Poland an ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’

    An explosion on a Polish railway line that serves as a key route for aid deliveries, including weapons transfers, to Ukraine was an “unprecedented act of sabotage”, the country’s PM Donald Tusk has said, vowing to catch those responsible.

    Railway staff discovered damage to the track on the Warsaw to Lublin line on Sunday, before investigations established it had been deliberately caused.

    “Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians,” Tusk said in a post on X. “This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are.”

    In a video address, the Polish PM said the route was also used to transport weapons to Ukraine.

    “Fortunately, no tragedy occurred, but the legal implications are very serious,” he said.

    The alleged attack is the latest in a string of sabotage, arson and cyberattacks that has hit Poland and other European countries since Russia’s war on Ukraine began.

    Warsaw, which last month arrested eight individuals across Poland on suspicion of espionage and sabotage, has accused Russia of targeting Poland for its role as a crucial aid hub to Kyiv, while Moscow has denied involvement.

Number of injured in Balakliya missile attack rises to 15

    The number of people injured in a deadly Russian missile attack in Balakliya in the Kharkiv region has risen to 15, including four children, Ukrainian officials say.

    In a post on Telegram, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said the number of people injured in the early-morning missile attack on apartment buildings had risen further, after 10 people were initially reported injured.

    The injured included three girls aged 14, 15 and 17, as well as a 12-year-old boy, the office said. Three men were killed in the attack.

Energy infrastructure attacked across five regions, Ukrainian officials say

    Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure in five regions across the country overnight, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry says, adding that repair work is under way at the damaged facilities.

    The ministry said the strikes hit energy targets in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.

    It added that scheduled power outages were in place for industrial and commercial consumers across most of the country’s regions in a bid to manage the load on energy infrastructure.

    As it has done in recent years, Moscow has been targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities in a bid to sap public morale as winter sets in.

Ukraine, France agree on purchase of up to 100 French fighter jets

    Ukraine and France have signed a letter of intent for the purchase of up to 100 French fighter jets.

    The letter was signed by Zelenskyy and Macron at an airbase outside Paris.

Russian forces capture three villages in Ukraine

    Russian troops fighting in the invasion of Ukraine have captured three villages across three different regions, Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA Novosti is reporting, citing the Defence Ministry.

    The captured villages are Hai, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Platonivka in Donetsk, and Dvorichanske in Kharkiv.