At least five people died, and 53 were injured after Russian missiles struck the southern city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry said Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram that emergency services were at the scene in his hometown and “trying to save as many people as possible.”

The strikes came after Zelensky said Sunday that attacks inside Russia are “inevitable.” Kremlin officials accused Kyiv of drone strikes in Moscow and Russian-annexed Crimea. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed whether Kyiv played a role in those attacks.

Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.

Key developments

Children were among the injured in the strikes on Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian officials said Monday, adding that the missiles hit a residential building and a university building and that several people remain trapped under the rubble. A 10-year-old girl and her mother were among the fatalities, officials said.

On Sunday, Zelensky did not directly address Russia’s accusation that Ukraine was behind weekend drone attacks in Moscow and Crimea, all of which Kremlin officials said were thwarted. In his nightly address, Zelensky said “war is returning to the territory of Russia,” a process he said was “natural” as Ukraine becomes stronger

“This is how the week begins in a Ukrainian city that just wants a quiet, normal life,” Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, said on social media following the attacks on Kryvyi Rih. “Russia wants to take peace and life away.”

Battleground updates

The Russian Defense Ministry said it thwarted a drone attack Sunday on Moscow and blamed Ukraine for the strike. A drone was intercepted southwest of Moscow, and two other drones crashed in the capital. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two office towers were “slightly damaged,” but there were no reports of casualties. Russian forces also claimed Sunday to have intercepted and downed 25 Ukrainian drones in Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014, adding that there were no casualties or damage.

Russian forces might resume attacking Ukraine’s energy facilities as the country seeks to prevent a repeat of last winter, Zelensky said, when Russian attacks crippled Ukraine’s power grid. In a televised interview, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said Ukraine is using new ways to boost its grid ahead of winter, but he did not specify how, Reuters reported.

Russia’s navy is set to commission 30 ships into service this year, President Vladimir Putin said Sunday in St. Petersburg at the country’s annual Navy Day parade. “The Russian Federation is consistently building up the power of its fleet,” Putin said. Russia has depended on its navy to support its war in Ukraine, frequently using its Black Sea fleet to launch cruise missiles at land targets.

Global impact

Kyiv is set to begin discussing long-term security measures with Washington this week, Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak said, referring to a recent agreement with the Group of Seven nations. The plan will be discussed in three phases that culminate in a meeting of heads of state, he said. Yermak reiterated Ukraine’s desire to join NATO, though he acknowledged that the country would not be accepted into the defense alliance until the war ends.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to attend a Ukrainian-backed peace summit in Saudi Arabia, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive planning. Russia is not attending the summit, which is reportedly intended to give Ukraine’s backers and other countries a chance to align positions on how to end the war.

Pope Francis called on Russia to restore the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which collapsed this month after Moscow withdrew from the deal and refused to guarantee the safety of agricultural cargo in the Black Sea. “I appeal to my brothers, the authorities of the Russian Federation, so that the Black Sea initiative may be resumed and grain may be transported safely,” Francis said Sunday during his Angelus prayer, Reuters reported.

From our correspondents

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan reinstated after handshake refusal: Two days after Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the world championships following her refusal to shake hands with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova, the International Fencing Federation reinstated Kharlan, allowing her to participate in team competition that began Saturday, Glynn A. Hill reports. Kharlan’s reinstatement came a day after the International Olympic Committee opened a path for the Ukrainian fencer to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Kharlan, a former world champion, won her individual saber bout against Smirnova on Thursday in Milan, after which she rejected Smirnova’s handshake and offered her saber to tap blades instead. Shaking an opponent’s hand is mandatory in fencing, and failure to do so triggers a “black card.” Kharlan was disqualified, prompting outrage from top Ukrainian sports officials.