Siobhán O'Grady

• National Security

Tehran has sent missiles to Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, escalating the conflict in Ukraine and exacerbating tensions with the West.

• Europe

The museum director crossed into Russia days after Ukrainian troops and brought back a haul of items to portray a “picture of the war.”

• National Security

Zelensky’s appearance at the meeting of arms-donating nations in Germany underscores the critical juncture in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

• Europe

The replacement of prominent Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba comes amid a wide-ranging government reshuffle ahead of the president’s trip to the United States.

• Europe

The reorganization of the administration comes as Russia unleashes a new wave of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities, including one on Lviv that killed seven overnight.

• Europe

Two missiles hit a military educational institution and nearby hospital. President Volodymyr Zelensky called for lifting restrictions on Western-supplied weapons.

• Europe

Russia said it downed 158 drones in what appeared to be one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks yet. Fires broke out at energy facilities, including in Moscow.

• Europe

Ukraine’s advances into Russia buoyed morale but Moscow’s forces are poised to bite off new chunks of the country in the east.

• Europe

As Ukrainian soldiers struggle to stave off waves of Russian fighters, civilians flee Pokrovsk, a city once thought far from the front line.