Gaza, Sept. 27 -- Russia-Ukraine war day 1311, unfolded as a ledger of strikes and counterstrikes, border incidents, and political gambits stretching from the lower Dnipro to Brussels and back to Moscow. Ukraine absorbed another deadly bombardment in the south while claiming a fresh hit on a Russian refinery. Russia announced a localized gain in the north and amplified warnings aimed at Kyiv. And in New York's afterglow, the meeting between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump continued to ripple across Europe's defense debate.

Local officials in Kherson reported a lethal attack that shattered a residential district and left a 74-year-old woman dead with several others injured. Photographs from the scene ...