Russian forces launched an “extremely intense” attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, firing dozens of rockets and waves of kamikaze drones across the Ukrainian capital. The attack came as a senior Chinese emissary was due to arrive in Ukraine on Tuesday before traveling to Russia and several European countries, with Beijing saying his mission was to find a “political solution to the crisis”. Tuesday also marks the start of a two-day European summit, at which EU leaders must confirm their support for Ukraine.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 446, LIVETEXT:

07:06 PHOTO VIDEO Air attack of “exceptional intensity” on Kyiv / Russians bombarded the Ukrainian capital with dozens of missiles and drones

06:39The United States revealed how many nuclear weapons it has and asked Russia to do the same

01:11“Unprecedented partnership.” The White House says that Iran and Russia are going to strengthen military cooperation

00:10 Zelensky is returning to Ukraine with stronger weapons. “Our victory is near,” he tells his fellow citizens in a recorded message on the road

A brief summary of recent events:

• Zelensky visited Britain on Monday and met with Prime Minister Rushi Sunak, who promised Ukraine hundreds of long-range attack drones.
• China’s top official, Li Hui, is set to begin a series of visits to Ukraine, Russia and other European countries on Tuesday as part of a tour Beijing says is aimed at discussing a “political solution” to the crisis.
• Britain has announced the start of basic training for Ukrainian pilots. French President Emmanuel Macron said that France is also open to training Ukrainian fighter pilots. Zelensky also said that he is “very optimistic” about the creation of a “fighter coalition”, and a decision on the supply of Western fighter jets is expected in the near future.
• Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) plan to increase sanctions against Russia at a summit in Japan this week, officials familiar with the talks told Reuters.
• On Monday, the Ukrainian military praised its forces for advancing around Bakhmut, saying it was their first successful counterattack against Russian forces trying to take control of the eastern Ukrainian city.
• The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday said it had shot down a long-range Storm Shadow missile delivered to Ukraine by Britain.
• Wagner’s head, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Monday denied a Washington Post article that he was proposing to betray Russia’s position, which the Kremlin called a “hoax.”
• Belarusian television published an image of Lukashenka at a military base amid speculation about his health.
• Germany has placed an order worth more than €1 billion for 50 more Puma infantry fighting vehicles.
• Vladimir Putin signed a decree that makes it easier for foreigners who join the army to obtain Russian citizenship.
• Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that NATO leaders are discussing ways to ensure that Russia does not attack Ukraine again after the war ends, but they are concerned about doing anything that could draw NATO into a wider conflict. The Secretary General of NATO stated that in October, as has been established, he will definitely leave the position of the head of the North Atlantic Alliance.
• Poland received the first batch of American HIMARS launchers, which it plans to deploy in the border region with Russia.
• ​On Monday, the Kremlin condemned Emmanuel Macron’s “misunderstanding” of relations between Moscow and Beijing after the French president said Russia was entering a “form of vassalage to China”.
• The head of the administration created by Russia in the Donetsk region, Denys Pushylin, said on Monday that the separatists noticed the “activation” of Ukrainian troops along the entire line of contact on this part of the front.
• The Speaker of the Chisinau Parliament Ihor Grosu announced on Monday the beginning of the procedure for the Republic of Moldova to withdraw from the agreement on the establishment of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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• The events of Monday, the 446th day of the war, were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro