Russia issued an arrest warrant on Monday for US Senator Lindsey Graham over comments on the war as Moscow continued an intensive air assault on Kyiv. The capital's military administration said all missiles fired were shot down by air defences. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
10:08pm: US Patriot anti-missile systems ensure 100% interception, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that using US-provided Patriot anti-missile systems ensured a 100% interception rate.
"When Patriots in the hands of Ukrainians ensure a 100% interception rate of any Russian missile, terror will be defeated," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
Zelensky made his remarks following overnight and daytime attacks on Kyiv and other targets by Russian missiles and drones.
The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said in its evening report that all 11 missiles used in the daytime attacks had been destroyed.
9:40pm: Biden says he and Erdogan talked about F16s and Sweden
US President Joe Biden on Monday said Turkey's newly re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, raised the possibility of USsales of F16 aircraft to Turkey and that Biden brought up Turkey's dropping its opposition to Sweden entering NATO.
After congratulating Erdogan for winning the Turkish election over the phone, Biden said: "We're going to talk more about it next week."
8:42pm: Putin tells Erdogan election win brings chance to strengthen ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin once again congratulated Turkey's leader on his re-election and said it opened up new "new avenues" for cooperation between Ankara and Moscow, the Kremlin said Monday.
"The support expressed by the Turkish people for their leader opens new avenues for development of bilateral ties in a number of sectors," Putin said in a call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Kremlin.
6:07pm: Russia won't enter into negotiations if it doesn't win the war, EU's Borrell says
The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, on Monday said he believed Russia will only be willing to negotiate if it wins the war in Ukraine, adding that he was "not optimistic" about what could happen in the conflict this summer.
"I see Russia's clear intent to win the war," Borrell said at an event in Barcelona. "Russia will not go into a negotiation if it doesn't win the war."
6:04pm: Two dead, eight wounded in Russian attack in Donetsk region
Two people were killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Toretsk in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
Kyrylenko said Russia had used high-explosive aerial bombs in the attack at about 11:30 a.m. (0830 GMT), damaging a gas station and a multi-storey building in the small city which had a pre-war population of about 30,000 people.
Rescue services were working at the site, he said, urging remaining residents to evacuate. "Every day, the Russians purposefully hit civilians in the Donetsk region," Kyrylenko said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia has previously denied targeting civilians and has rejected allegations of war crimes in what it calls a "special military operation".
The Donetsk region has seen some of the fiercest battles of Russia's war on Ukraine.
4:53pm: Ukraine approves sanctions against Russian ally Iran
Kyiv's parliament on Monday approved a sanctions package against Russia's ally Iran, accused of sending weapons to Moscow during its more than year-long invasion of Ukraine.
The package was approved by parliament one day after Ukraine said Russia used Iranian Shahed drones in the largest UAV attack on the capital since the beginning of the invasion.
"The resolution synchronises Ukrainian sanctions with the actions of the entire civilised world on the path to the complete isolation of Iran," the Ukrainian parliament said on its website.
4:16pm: Ukraine aide proposes demilitarised zone in Russia in peace settlement
A Ukrainian presidential aide said on Monday a demilitarised zone of 100-120 km (62-75 miles) should be established inside Russia along the border with Ukraine as part of a post-war settlement.
The zone would be necessary to protect Ukrainian regions from shelling, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
The key topic of the post-war settlement should be the establishment of safeguards to prevent a recurrence of aggression in the future. To ensure real security for residents of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions and protect them from shelling, it…
3:11pm: Kyiv residents shocked by daytime Russian air assault
Russia on Monday launched its second attack on the Ukrainian capital in just 24 hours since the start of the weekend and 16th of this month. One person was killed on Sunday morning, while none were reported injured overnight. However, one person was reported to have been injured this morning in Kyiv's historic Podil neighbourhood. What is unusual about this latest attack is that it took place during the day. Air sirens often go off during the day in Kyiv, but these are generally a false alarm.
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