Vitaly, his wife, their son and cat fled Russian-occupied Oleshky six weeks ago, fearing starvation. After a grueling journey via Russia and Belarus, he described the town's desperate humanitarian situation reut.rs/4i9I6ct

Ukrainian soldier Kostiantyn Vlasenko was huddled in a hole under the boiler of a bombed-out school when he came to a terrifying conclusion: To survive, he must amputate his only remaining foot. He survived reut.rs/4emHEoU

Protesters clashed with police in Tirana, demanding Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation over corruption and education-neglect allegations reut.rs/4hS7IdL

Russia has nearly finished building a major new base for launching jet-powered drones, completing most of the work in just six weeks, in the latest expansion of its attack capability close to Ukraine reut.rs/4ymABDU

Albanian students protest over education costs xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1rxmqpkXj…

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and food losses reut.rs/4ygcgPU reut.rs/4ygcgPU

Denmark’s IKEA stores are preparing to serve as emergency shelters and temporary hospitals during crises, with plans to use display beds for accommodation, restaurants for food and generators for backup power reut.rs/4icdarZ

Tens of thousands protested across Spain after parliament rejected housing measures to ban evictions, freeze rents and regulate short-term rentals reut.rs/4AEhebI

Protests continue in Madrid as Spain faces more fury over housing after parliament rejects decree xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1kKzDPrXm…

Exclusive: Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints reut.rs/4AaYl02

Another Ukrainian town lies in ruins as Russians creep closer reut.rs/3V4reKU reut.rs/3V4reKU

Five years after Floridia registered Europe's highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily life, keeping people indoors, reducing social interaction and threatening livelihoods reut.rs/4ztPUMF

Russian ballistic missiles kill 12 in Ukraine's Kyiv, spark fires reut.rs/4cKwadV reut.rs/4cKwadV

Someone will have to pick up the tab for the damage wrought by Europe's increasingly volatile weather, and with the bulk of those economic losses uninsured, that will be the public purse unless immediate action is taken reut.rs/4gcvGOM

Mafia link feared in Sicilian grand master theft reut.rs/4cNulgn reut.rs/4cNulgn

Last month, @Reuters released a short documentary about one Ukrainian soldier’s year surviving beneath the frontlines of the war’s drone-infested “kill zone.” In our latest Reporter’s Notebook, visuals producer @FelixHoske shares how it came together: reut.rs/4x5BKzK