Ukrainian war, 007: Moscow intensifies attempts to kill European defense leaders. LIVE

Moscow is intensifying efforts to assassinate European defense officials. It is the alarm raised by Western intelligence agencies that has prompted companies to increase security measures around their high-level executives.

Harsh attack from US President Donald Trump after criticism from Kiev for the lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel. 'The time has come for Ukraine to find a new president capable of reaching an agreement, Zelensky only wants to create problems for the world, to stop hitting Russian refineries", attacks the US leader who yesterday signed the diesel pact with Putin. Moscow applauds: "Historical words". But Europe also accuses the tycoon: "This is how he finances the tsar's war".

Moscow is intensifying efforts to assassinate European defense officials. It is the alarm raised by Western intelligence agencies that has prompted companies to increase security measures around their high-level executives. Assassinations of European civilian targets - once considered taboo even by Russian spy agencies - are playing an increasingly prominent role in these plans. According to the Financial Times, which spoke to officials from five different intelligence agencies, CEOs and other high-level employees have become targets of Kremlin agents.

Russian tech giant Yandex's data center in the Vladimir region was damaged by a drone attack and its operations were suspended, Russian state news agency Tass reported, citing the company. “Following a drone attack, the infrastructure of Yandex's data center in Vladimir was damaged. Data center operations were completely suspended. There are no casualties", reads the statement. It is specified that the emergency services are already on site. "We consider the configuration of the remaining resources to be unstable. The operating mode of the platform is emergency", adds the company.

A child died and five other people, including two children, were injured in Russian drone and missile attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region last night, regional authorities reported. The attack was launched on the town of Pokrovske in the Nikopol district, Ukrainian media reported, citing regional officials. A 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy are among the injured and have been hospitalized along with a 47-year-old man and two women, aged 49 and 61. Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times yesterday with drones and artillery, governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. In the Nikopol district, the attacks damaged residential buildings, a gas station and an ambulance. The Russian raids also hit the community of Zelenodolsk, in the Kryvyi Rih district, damaging private homes and infrastructure. In the community of Mykolaiv, Dnipro district, agricultural vehicles and machinery were damaged.