KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Russian air attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 early on Tuesday, authorities said, following days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.

The French navy has intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker that had sailed from a Russian port – the third known seizure in recent months.

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, June 1 (Reuters) - The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow's windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock,

Marta Kostyuk accused Russian players of hiding behind silence over the war in Ukraine.

The United Nations has added Israeli and Russian forces to its annual blacklist of parties credibly suspected of committing conflict-related sexual violence, placing both countries alongside dozens of governments and armed groups accused of using rape and other forms of sexual violence during armed conflicts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan that his government has evidence Russia is abducting Ukrainian children and training them to fight. Mark Cancian,

The Russian Defence ⁠Ministry ⁠said on Tuesday that ⁠its massive overnight strike on Ukraine was a response ​to what it called "terrorist acts" against targets inside Russia and said ‌it had struck a range ‌of Ukrainian military targets.