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The prime ministers of Poland and Italy have discussed military support for Ukraine and voiced agreement that the European Union should be made stronger politically while cutting down on bureaucracy

Ukraine launched drone attacks on St Petersburg and a port near Finland as Zelensky denied Russia's claim of capturing Kostiantynivka, saying fighting in the eastern town continues.

Moscow said almost 400 Ukrainian drones attacked over a dozen Russian regions since Friday evening - including Moscow and Saint Petersburg - an attack that came after a Russian strike on Kyiv this week killed 30 people.

A major overnight Ukrainian drone attack struck St Petersburg's oil terminal and the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region. Russian officials said dozens of drones were shot down as Kyiv kept up pressure on energy infrastructure.

The United States has warned Poland that Russia may try to stage a limited armed provocation on Polish territory in a bid to weaken Western support for Ukraine

Russia said on Friday (July 3) its forces had captured the city of Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk. The announcement was made at a meeting of top Russian commanders with President Vladimir Putin. The meeting was held at an unidentified command headquarters for Russia's military operations in Ukraine. Kostiantynivka is a key stronghold in Ukraine's eastern "fortress belt" long coveted by the Kremlin. Putin said last month that Russia was close to capturing Kostiantynivka, whose pre-war population of nearly 70,000 has fallen to around 2,000. Occupying Kostiantynivka would provide Russian forces a foothold from which to move north along the belt, now the central axis of their military campaign.

Fresh cross-border attacks between Russia and Ukraine left at least 15 people dead on Friday, a day after one of the deadliest Russian assaults on Kyiv since the war began.

Russia and Ukraine exchange deadly strikes, with significant casualties reported after a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv.

Russia could be preparing a limited military incursion into Poland to test Nato's willingness to respond, according to claims reported by the Daily Mail, citing Polish media and sources close to Poland's leadership. The reported scenario would involve a small-scale provocation rather than a full-scale invasion, with the aim of undermining Western support for Ukraine and exposing divisions within the alliance.

Nato leaders are expected to formally label Russia a "long-term threat" to Euro-Atlantic security at next week's summit in Ankara, as Moscow intensifies its attacks on Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin insists the war will continue until the Kremlin's objectives are achieved.