At a summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said China would keep supporting Iran and Russia despite pressure from the United States to pull back.
Germany closed a Russian consulate in the city of Bonn and announced new sanctions against Russia, days after formally accusing Moscow of planting an explosive-laden drone near Ukrainian cargo planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Pro-Russian hackers launched Norway's largest-ever cyberattack on government websites, saying it was punishment for Oslo's $9.2 billion aid pledge to Ukraine.
Germany's government has officially blamed Russia for a plot to attack Leipzig/Halle airport with an explosive-carrying drone.
Russia bombed the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for a sixth night in a row, killing at least nine people.
Researchers, an Italian outlet and Lithuania documented a summer of drone incursions, weapons caches and border crossings on EU soil, plus online attacks on NATO countries run like a competitive game among pro-Russian hackers.
EU ambassadors have drafted a list naming 1,600 Russian entities for possible sanctions, the Kyiv Post reports.
Russia's Ministry of Defence said Sunday it is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukraine's electricity system, calling it payback for Ukrainian attacks on Russian power and civilian sites.
News outlets report Russia has increased drone incursions, sabotage and other hard-to-trace attacks across Europe.
Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are meeting in Kyrgyzstan for two days, along with the leaders of Iran and India.
A Russian strike hit a Ukrainian military warehouse near Kyiv overnight, killing at least 37 people, in one of the deadliest single attacks on Ukraine this year.
US and NATO officials say the supply of Patriot interceptor missiles stored in Europe has dropped to a level they call 'beyond critical.' Patriot missiles are the main weapons NATO uses to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.