- Russian gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are seen restarting on time on Thursday after the completion of scheduled maintenance, two sources familiar with the export plans told Reuters.

- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia expected talks on safe passage for Ukrainian grain shipments via the Black Sea to continue in the near future.

- The European Commission on Tuesday proposed spending 500 million euros to finance joint defense purchases among member states.

- The European Union is set to add Russia's biggest bank Sberbank and the head of giant zinc and copper firm UMMC to its blacklist of individuals and companies.

- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Volodymyr Horbenko, deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

- The Russian Embassy in India said on Tuesday that it was aware of a Russian cargo ship in detention at the Indian port of Cochin.