A fuel crisis has been escalating in Russia amid continued Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, with shortages of motor fuel similar to those previously reported in the temporarily occupied city of

Moscow unleashed a lethal barrage on Ukraine early Tuesday, hitting the capital Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro in a broad-ranging offensive that inflicted one of the deadliest attacks for months.

MOSCOW — Russia said Saturday it intercepted hundreds of Ukrainian drones including near Saint Petersburg, where Moscow is hosting a major economic forum, as Ukraine reported at least three people killed by Russian strikes.

Moscow serves as the political and economic capital of Russia, holding the status of a federal city within the nation’s administrative structure. This designation as a federal subject grants the city a specific level of regional autonomy and ...

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.

The attack came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech in the city in which he rejected a call for peace talks from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.