NewsFeed Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital overnight on Saturday with drones and ballistic missiles, including a powerful hypersonic Oreshnik missile, killing at least four people and damaging residential buildings. Footage shows people sheltering underground, while firefighters work above. Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al … Read more
A Russian An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea, killing 29 people on board, Russian news agencies reported the country’s defence ministry as saying early on Wednesday. Tass news agency, quoting the ministry, said the crash site was located in Crimea, a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea, annexed by Russia from … Read more
US eases Russia oil sanctions as Iran war pushes up energy prices BBC Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict The New York Times US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil at sea as Iran war sees global prices surge The Guardian US Treasury Gives Green Light for Sale of More Russian Oil Bloomberg.com … Read more
Artemy Ostanin sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony after joking about a ‘legless’ war veteran. Published On 4 Feb 20264 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Russian comedian has been sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony for telling a joke about … Read more
The contradiction points to a deliberate strategy: exploiting the crisis to weaken Western unity while keeping Trump focused elsewhere. In the weeks since Trump captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and threatened to intervene in Iran, Russia appears to have set aside its other geopolitical ambitions, including in the Arctic, to keep Washington in its corner … Read more
The UK and France pledged boots on the ground once a peace deal is reached. On Tuesday, Ukraine got yet another push from its Western allies. A meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris pledged full support for Kyiv in any future peace settlement to the ongoing war with Russia. The gathering stressed … Read more
Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds. Published On 4 Dec 20254 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A majority of citizens in Germany, France, the Netherlands and several other European Union member states believe there … Read more
Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces have also captured the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv. Published On 2 Dec 20252 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russian forces say they have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub that has been under siege … Read more
Her comments come after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration circulated a 28-point plan last week that alarmed Ukraine and its European allies for heavily favoring Moscow. Wednesday’s online meeting was seen in Brussels as a chance to “speak with one European voice” and set out the EU’s non-negotiables, ensuring all 27 members remain aligned as negotiations accelerate. Kallas … Read more
It is “absurd” and “unsustainable” that the West is doing so little to react to Russian attacks, Crosetto wrote. If we were invaded by a land army we “would not simply barricade ourselves at home hoping they would go away.” The West is engaged in an “asymmetric conflict,” he wrote, it has the tools to … Read more