US defense officials have canceled a planned test of an intercontinental ballistic missile to reduce the risk of catastrophic “misinterpretation or miscommunication” at a time when Russian nuclear forces are on high alert amid Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine.

Civilian and military officials in Ukraine declined to either confirm or deny on Friday that their military helicopters conducted a successful cross-border raid and attacked an oil depot on the outskirts of the Russian city of Belgorod.

Russian airlines allowed to continue to fly Boeing and Airbus planes leased abroad Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday allowing the nation’s airline companies to pay creditors from “unfriendly countries” for the leasing, renting, and purchasing of aircraft in rubles. The ruling mainly concerns Boeing and Airbus planes flown by Russian airlines.