U.S. special envoy for the Middle East Witkoff said mediators will continue efforts in talks with an Iranian delegation.

The Ukrainian military said its forces struck two Russian refineries, reporting fires at the Bashneft plant in Ufa, Bashkortostan, and the Kuybyshev refinery in Samara. Bashneft’s Ufa refinery has roughly 7.5 mln t/yr refining capacity, processing crude into gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, LPG, sulfur and other oil products. Kuybyshev, one of the largest facilities in the Samara refining group and owned by Rosneft, has about 7.0 mln t/yr capacity producing gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and more than 30 other products. Ukrainian forces said products from both refineries are used to supply the Russian military.

Kremlin says Russia supports expanding UN Security Council membership but must retain veto power.