‘We’re done’: Ukraine resumes refinery strikes

And Russia builds a drone-attack base in six weeks.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Robert MacMillan Thank you for reading the Reuters Daily Briefing. The big stories today: Ukraine is through with the short-lived policy of no energy strikes on Russia. We search for Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials. And on today's edition of the Reuters World News podcast, Ohio working-class voters reconsider their support for Republicans. Today's Top News   REUTERS/Alina Smutko Ukraine & Russia Ukraine is attacking Russian refineries again after pausing to accommodate President Trump’s surprise announcement of an energy-target ceasefire. “The block is out,” Zelenskiy told the Financial Times. “We’re done.” SpaceX restricted Starlink services, hurting Ukraine’s attack and air-defense drone missions as ties with the US fray. Elon Musk said the US government controls the system’s speed. Russia took six weeks to build a drone base on an empty field in the Rostov region. An intelligence expert said it should be operational within weeks. Oil prices fell as the US considers easing sanctions on shadow-fleet vessels that are transporting oil and petroleum products from Iran, Russia and Venezuela. Trump wants lower consumer prices to help Republicans in the midterm elections, but relaxing sanctions ultimately hurts Ukraine. In other news The collapse of a school roof in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 27 students and a teacher. Fighting in Yemen is overwhelming hospitals and cutting aid to hundreds of thousands of people. Muslim pilgrims are getting caught in the Houthis’ strikes on Saudi Arabia. An Israeli digital-advertising company spied on internet users through a sprawling network for online ads. Katie Zacharia said she practiced law before entering politics. Trump described his new White House press secretary as an attorney. We couldn’t find any evidence to back that up. Albania’s prime minister said he would not resign as violent student-led protests enter a third day. Business & Markets   REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Let’s ponder some of the big questions about AI: First: Is the somewhat souring sense of safety in the AI trade making bonds safe again? Will tech stocks recover from worries about all the debt that tech companies are incurring for data centers? And why might governments want AI to stumble? Then there’s the other big question we’re constantly asking ourselves, namely will AI kill us? People who attended a pre-IPO Anthropic meeting told us executives played that angle down. Having said all that, stock pickers might want to look over their shoulders as fund managers examine whether AI can make better and quicker investment decisions. Iran’s precision strikes picked apart Gulf infrastructure   Pleiades/Airbus DS 2026. Handout via REUTERS Iran’s missiles and drones hit Gulf infrastructure sites at least 135 times, causing cascading failures that regional states often concealed. Tehran’s campaign to disable critical equipment and wreak economic damage helps explain how the Islamic Republic has held its own against a more powerful US military. Read our visual investigation And Finally... Colossal Biosciences/Handout via REUTERS A US biotech company is working hard to eliminate the hackneyed phrase about going the way of the dodo as it works to resurrect the famous flightless bird with the large hooked beak that we wiped out through ruthless hunting and invasive species in the 17th century. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036