War in Europe

Israel has limited its support for Ukraine to humanitarian aid and was the only country operating a field hospital inside the country earlier in the year.

Street fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops raged in Sievierodonetsk as Moscow's forces push to conquer Ukraine's eastern Donbas. Russia warns US media in Moscow they risk losing accreditation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lashes out at Western deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, saying they aim to prolong the war. Spain reportedly plans to supply anti-aircraft missiles and up to 40 Leopard 2 A4 battle tanks to Ukraine.

In the current war, electronic warfare has become a furious theater of contention. Ukraine has scored some successes in countering Russia’s electronic warfare, while its own capability is hard to assess.

"We’ve received reports of women and girls being raped, some publicly, and children taken away into Russia and put up for adoption," US Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya tells the UN Security Council.

Lavrov: Supply of advanced rocket systems risks dragging third country into conflict. US also reportedly poised to sell armed drones to Ukraine. Russia tightens its grip on Sievierodonetsk, solidifying a shift in battlefield momentum.

Russia widens Europe gas cuts and halts Dutch, Danish and German contracts, but says the Russian navy will ensure the safe passage of ships carrying Ukraine’s wheat export supplies into the Mediterranean Sea if Ukraine demines its territorial waters.

The country has already stopped natural gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland and Finland for their refusal to pay in rubles as part of efforts to economically isolate Russia amid its war in Ukraine.

In phone call with Zelenskyy, Turkey's Erdogan stresses need to create corridor for Ukrainian agricultural products. Six civilians reported dead in eastern Donetsk in an overnight missile strike. In Mariupol, the leader of Russia-backed separatists says his administration will nationalize some of the ships in the port.