NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied on hopes for a coming cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% Tuesday after breaking out of a morning lull and is back within 1.8% of its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.4%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.7%. Stocks got a boost from easing yields in the bond market.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc. European Parliament legislators voted 457-148, with 33 abstentions, to approve a 1.5-billion euro ($1.7 billion) program.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Tuesday, striking residential buildings and energy infrastructure, according to video footage and local authorities.A residential building in the central Pechersk district and another in Kyiv’s eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged.