Escalation and Warnings as Russia-Ukraine Attacks Grow Worse

Russia and Ukraine intensified drone and missile strikes, killing at least 17 people as Putin warned of far more destructive retaliation on Ukrainian economic targets; attacks hit targets in both countries and occupied areas, including an Ozon warehouse and a Samara oil refinery, while Kyiv reported strikes on rail infrastructure and other infrastructure, with the Kryvyi Rih mall attack pushing civilian casualties higher and signaling a war expanding beyond the front lines and prompting renewed Western military and energy resilience aid.