AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Russian and Ukrainian attacks killed at least 10 people, following a deadly shopping mall drone strike the previous day. In Ukraine, Russian drone and missile strikes resulted in the deaths of seven people, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar region claimed three lives. The attacks occurred just one day after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping center left at least 16 people dead and 130 wounded.

Moscow's forces have intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, taking advantage of Ukraine's limited supply of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the latest attacks killed one person and wounded another in railway infrastructure. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have hit a locomotive depot.

Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Iran's hard-line new leader of the Supreme National Security Council threatened neighboring countries against joining U.S. efforts to tighten economic sanctions on Tehran. Egypt is attempting to revive Iran-U.S. negotiations, while Iraq and Iran say Tehran provided assistance to some ships carrying Iraqi oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

France and Saudi Arabia are preparing to discuss bypassing the waterway. Israel conducted strikes in Syria and Gaza.