War in Europe

Ukraine's grain exports in jeopardy as authorities formally close seaports captured by Russia. Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a top-level US congressional delegation to Ukraine, says, “Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done." European Union says it is leaning toward banning imports of Russian oil by the end of the year.

Israel summons the Russian ambassador over comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish, that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says blame Jews for their own murder in the Holocaust.

The pontiff calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate people trapped in besieged Mariupol.

The house speaker vows steadfast support for Ukraine. Moscow says peace talks with Kyiv include the removal of sanctions on Russia, which Ukraine denies. Ukrainian artist helps fund country's war efforts by forging Russian plane wreckage into souvenir key fobs.

Citing its expertise in post-war construction, the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine has reached out to the Israel Builders Association asking for assistance in the effort to rehabilitate Ukrainian infrastructure once the fighting ends.

NATO secretary-general says alliance is ready to support Ukraine in the war against Russia for years. Russian ministry says it used a diesel submarine in the Black Sea to strike Ukrainian military targets with Kalibr cruise missiles. Witnessing "an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain" in Kyiv, UN Chief Guterres condemns Moscow for attacks on civilians. Sweden's prime minister rejects referendum on possible NATO membership.

"We had a big responsibility to save this culture," says Myroslava Vertiuk, deputy head of Ukraine's Ivan Honchar Museum.

Recent attacks in Transnistria, the small, pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova on the Ukrainian border, could be used as a pretext to invade Ukraine from the West, officials fear.