In Russia, Ukrainian drones have struck ports and refineries along the Baltic Sea in the western Leningrad region, sending a huge column of smoke into the sky that was visible all the way in Finland. Reuters reports the attacks halted at least 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity — the largest oil ⁠supply disruption in Russia’s modern history.

This comes as The Washington Post reports the Pentagon is considering a plan to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, including air defense interceptor missiles.

In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that the White House is making U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine in any future peace deal contingent on Ukraine giving up its defense of the eastern Donbas region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “In my view, the Russian side is shaping the atmosphere in its dialogue with the Americans around this very idea: that Ukraine should withdraw from Donbas, the United States will then provide the security guarantees Ukraine is seeking, and Russians will certainly end this war.”