Spy chief Kirill Budanov and three others have been accused of launching drone attacks on civilian targets in Russia The Russian Investigative Committee has identified four senior Ukrainian military officials as the masterminds of over 100 “terrorist attacks” involving drones targeting civilian infrastructure.

The country’s manufacturing sector has been contracting for six months, a new survey has revealed Factories in Italy have seen a downturn for six months in a row, as manufacturing continues to decline in a sign of a deep industrial recession, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a survey by S&P Global.

Japan’s decision to include used vehicles in its ban on car exports to Russia will cost the country nearly $2 billion, Reuters reported on Monday, citing trade data and market participants. The ban on sales of all but subcompact vehicles to Russia came into effect in early August, having cut off a lucrative sales channel…