Russia

• Oil prices are surging again – and that's making Russia a lot richer.
• The Kremlin's crude export revenues jumped $1.8 billion last month, according to the International Energy Agency.
• The surge comes with key benchmarks close to 10-month highs on recent OPEC+ production cuts.

• A missile strike killed at least 16 people after hitting shops in the city of Kostyantynivka, Ukraine’s president said.
• Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, arrived in Kyiv hours earlier and was expected to announce more than $1 billion in new aid to Ukraine.

A rare video aired on Ukrainian television on Sunday allegedly showing a Russian pilot who had defected and encouraging other Russian soldiers to do the same. His dramatic escape allegedly took six months to plan, and was carried out in cooperation with Ukraine’s intelligence services. Whether the video is authentic remains unclear, but one thing is certain: Ukraine is doing everything it can to fuel Russian defections.