CNN — Ukraine’s Security Service said Sunday they had killed Russian special service agents suspected of gunning down a fellow officer in Kyiv earlier this week, saying it believed Russia’s Federal Security Service was responsible. SBU officer Ivan Voronych was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in what authorities told CNN was an apparent … Read more
Rubio and Lavrov ‘confirmed their mutual desire to find peaceful solutions to conflicts’, Russian Foreign Ministry says. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting in Malaysia, discussing the war in Ukraine, as well as developments in Iran and … Read more
US president says Ukraine must be able to defend itself and is ‘getting hit very hard’. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration will send more weapons to Ukraine after an earlier decision to halt some arms shipments drew condemnation from Kyiv and its supporters. Speaking to reporters ahead of a dinner with … Read more
Meanwhile, the recent conflict between Israel and Iran has complicated Ukraine’s position, with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump moving to the Middle East some of the unmanned aerial defense systems it had given Ukraine to counter Russia’s air assaults. Moscow’s attack on Dnipro came only a day after it killed 9 people and … Read more
Attacks have intensified again while Russian forces gain more territory. Attacks by both Russia and Ukraine have intensified in recent weeks, with little sign that Europe’s largest conflict since World War II is nearing an end. So, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each side and their alliances? And what are the chances of … Read more
A view shows a damaged apartment building in a residential complex in south-western Moscow on May 29, 2025, following a reported Ukrainian drone attack. – | Afp | Getty Images A Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow forced the closure of two of the key airports serving the capital, Russian authorities said early on Sunday. Russia air … Read more
One of the most intense attacks to hit Kharkivpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 08:02 BST Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent, reporting from Kyiv Image source, Reuters This may not have been the deadliest attack on Kharkiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion, but it was certainly one of the most intense. According to the mayor, around 50 drones, … Read more
Ukraine fired hundreds of exploding drones at Russia beginning on Tuesday night and continuing into Thursday morning, in one of the largest attacks in more than three years of war, Russian authorities said. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 485 drones were shot down, 63 of them over the Moscow region. In total, 10 … Read more
The European Union approved a new package of sanctions on Russia on Tuesday, targeting covert oil exports, days after the top E.U. official announced plans for a further set of even tougher restrictions. The point is to intensify Russia’s economic pain — and by doing so, to prod President Vladimir V. Putin toward peace talks … Read more
Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday with one of its largest drone bombardments of the war, an apparent show of force only a day before President Trump is expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin as he pushes Russia to accept a cease-fire deal. The drone barrage, in which an estimated 273 exploding drones and … Read more