Lithium is a critical material for batteries used in electronic devices. Ukraine has an estimated 500,000 tons of lithium, but Russian controls two of its four deposits.

Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of seeking to sabotage the TurkStream gas pipeline, which transports energy resources from Russia to

Russia said on Monday it had downed nine Ukrainian drones that tried to attack part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Turkey and Europe, and called the attack an "act of energy terrorism".

Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of launching a drone attack on the infrastructure of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Europe via Turkey.