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Russia launched a predawn assault with missiles and drones. The attacks came hours after Moscow floated balloons over Kyiv, in what Ukrainian officials said was a tactic to “confuse” defense systems. Here’s what we’re covering today:

In a blend of the old school and the new, Moscow sent balloons over Ukraine before pummeling it with high-tech weaponry.

A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia’s tank and artillery fleets had suffered “significant attrition” in the war.

The fighting has also come at a cost for Ukraine, which is expending vast amounts of ammunition to repel Russia’s growing numbers of ground troops,

Weeks of failed attacks on the eastern city of Vuhledar have left two Russian brigades in tatters, Ukrainian and Western officials say. Here’s what we’re covering:

The Wagner paramilitary group said its fighters had seized a village outside Bakhmut, as Moscow’s forces continue a brutal campaign that has nearly encircled the strategic eastern city.

The do-over vote on Sunday is only the tip of the iceberg for a city some see as in crisis: short on housing, schools and efficient governance.

Mr. Lauder agreed to the restitution and repurchase of the painting from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1943 to avoid Nazi persecution.

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria passed 25,000, Ankara was coming under growing criticism for its slow response and tolerance of shoddy construction.

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria neared 25,000, daunting challenges loomed to care for hundreds of thousands of homeless people amid the wreckage.