President Biden said the 60-day truce, which the United States helped broker, would take effect early Wednesday, and was intended to become permanent, ending Lebanon’s deadliest war in decades.

A new ballistic missile fired by Russia at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last week carried multiple warheads but no explosives, and caused limited damage, two senior Ukrainian government sources said.

Russia launched overnight what officials in Kyiv have described as the biggest drone raid on Ukrainian territory since the start of the conflict. Only hours later, Moscow said it was preparing “retaliatory actions” after Ukraine again used U.

Russia has attacked Ukraine with an unprecedented number of drones, the Ukrainian air defence announced on Tuesday. It posted on its Telegram channel that Moscow had attacked the country with 188 drones and four Iskander-M ballistic missiles during the night.