The US will resume its rotation of troops in Poland within weeks after temporarily suspending the process, Poland’s defence minister said on Monday.

Washington announced in May that it was suspending the rotation of troops to Poland, before days later Donald Trump said the US would send 5,000 extra troops to the country, which shares borders with Ukraine and Belarus.

The U.S. is currently reviewing the number of its troops stationed in Europe, arguing that European countries should bear more responsibility and pay more for their own defence.

"Poland is a loyal (U.S.) ally, so I was even more pleased to hear that the rotation, which was suspended a few weeks ago, is returning and will be completed in the coming weeks," minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said during a ceremony at a missile factory.

The Polish government had earlier signaled it was working on getting the soldiers back, but the timeline was unclear.

Ukrainian forces struck two vessels belonging to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" in the Sea of Azov, Kyiv's top drone commander said on Monday.

In a statement on Telegram, Robert Brovdi said each of the vessels had been carrying around 7,000 tonnes of fuel from the western Russian port of Taganrog to occupied Crimea.

The governor of Russia's Omsk region said on Monday that the western Siberian province had come under attack from Ukrainian drones, in what would be one of the longest-ranged Ukrainian strikes since the beginning of the war.

In a post on Telegram, Vitaly Khotsenko said that several drones had reached what he called "Omsk's northern industrial hub", which is located around 2,700 km (1,700 miles) from Ukrainian-held territory, close to Russia's border with Kazakhstan.

He said that the consequences of the attack were being clarified, and that emergency services were working to "liquidate" the strike's aftermath.

Ukraine's military said on Monday it struck oil refineries in Russia's Yaroslavl and Leningrad regions overnight.

Explosions were recorded near the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl region, and smoke was seen rising from the premises, the Ukrainian military's General Staff said on Telegram.

The General Staff added that NOVATEK-Ust Luga refinery was hit in the Leningrad region.

Three people, including 58-year-old Ukrainian business tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev, a woman and a 13-year-old teenager, were wounded on Monday evening when an explosive was remotely detonated in what authorities believe was a targeted attack.

The two adults were rushed to hospital in a critical condition, with the woman having both her legs amputated.

Ukraine’s military says that it has struck oil refineries in Russia’s Yaroslavl and Leningrad regions.

That comes as part of a mounting campaign against energy infrastructure across Russia as Ukraine ramps up its long-range attacks.

UK fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft after it came “unnecessarily close” to Britain’s flagship carrier in Arctic.

A Russian ‘Bear F’ aircraft dropped a “large number” of tracking devices near the HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic Circle, the Ministry of Defence said.

The MoD warned the activity of the Russian maritime patrol aircraft was “unsafe and unprofessional”, and said it was intercepted and escorted by two UK F-35 jets until it left the area.

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Donald Trump offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war in a 90 minute call with Vladimir Putin, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday.

Ushakov said Trump made the offer during the call on Saturday, US Independence Day, in the context of his participation next week at the NATO summit in Turkey.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he also spoke to Trump.

"The American president once again confirmed his readiness to work towards a rapid end to the fighting and find solutions to overcome the crisis," Ushakov said of Trump's call with the Russian president.

Ushakov, who described the conversation as "business-like and quite constructive," said Russia sought "a political-diplomatic resolution of the conflict, with due account of Russia's fundamental approach."

Ushakov accused Kyiv and its European allies of "counting on extending and even escalating the conflict, and on terrorism against civilians."

Russia said on Monday it had conducted a "massive" attack on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv and other locations using long-range, high-precision air-, land-, sea-launched weapons and drones.

The defence ministry also said it had hit military and energy facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as military airfields in several other Ukrainian regions.

At least 11 people died in strikes, according to Ukrainian officials. The Ukrainian air force said Russia launched 68 missiles and 351 drones overnight.

UK fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft after it came “unnecessarily close” to Britain’s flagship carrier in Arctic.

A Russian ‘Bear F’ aircraft dropped a “large number” of tracking devices near the HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic Circle, the Ministry of Defence said.

The MoD warned the activity of the Russian maritime patrol aircraft was “unsafe and unprofessional”, and said it was intercepted and escorted by two UK F-35 jets until it left the area.

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