At least one person killed as Russia and Ukraine trade strikes overnight

Is the war entering a new phase? Overnight strikes between Russia and Ukraine have killed at least one person and damaged a Russian oil refinery. The Kirishi refinery in the Leningrad region was set on fire following a Ukrainian drone attack, Leningrad Regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Monday in a post on Telegram. Also on Monday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that his country had agreed to establish a new mechanism to allow European Union funds to be deployed more quickly in response to Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The Kirishi refinery is Russia's second-largest, and the Leningrad region is a major hub for the country's oil and grain exports via the Baltic Sea.