Ukraine

Putin says Russia is winning on battlefield, will not negotiate with 'terrorists'

"I have no doubt the enemy will crumble," Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters, standing firm on his stance against Ukraine as war fatigue continues to grow in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan September 1, 2026.
A video grab taken from footage by News5 from August 5, 2026 shows emergency services, police and firefighers deployed at German airport Leipzig-Halle in Schkeuditz, eastern Germany, after a drone was spotted nearby.

Germany says Russia responsible for attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.

India's Modi tells Russia's Putin that the war in Ukraine must end for humanity's sake

Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

Spanish PM says disinformation on Ceuta crisis was spread by Russia, Israel


Russia launches massive attack on Kyiv, killing at least 10 in retaliation for Ukrainian strikes

Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the capital's ​military administration, said 56 people, including two children, were injured and three dozen locations across the city had been damaged in the attacks.

Firefighters take a break as they work at a site of a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026.

Ukrainian tycoon wounded in Monaco bombing is Jewish, active member of Dnipro community

Monaco prosecutors are treating the blast as attempted murder and said the suspect acted alone before fleeing toward France.

A police vehicle stands near a cordon near the site of an explosion on Monday, in Monaco, June 30, 2026.

Ukraine launches TrophyLab to share technical data from captured Russian equipment

Goal of platform is to "turn the aggressor’s captured technologies into a growth point for the global engineering community"

Ukraine launches TrophyLab for captured Russian equipment

US top diplomat in Kyiv resigns as Russia calls for 'clarity' on US role in frozen peace talks

Trump said that he would walk back understandings he reportedly reached in Anchorage with Russia's Putin last year, leading the Kremlin to question what the "agreement" was.

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Poltava region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released June 27, 2026.

Ukraine's Fire Point aims to produce ballistic missile interceptor by year-end

Fire Point is on track to start flying tests over the summer for its new FP-9 ballistic missile, capable of carrying an 800-kg warhead up to 850 km

A firefighter works at the site of a recyclable materials warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 16, 2026.

Russia, Ukraine confirm exchange of 160 prisoners of war

Official Russian and Ukrainian sources have confirmed an exchange of 160 prisoners of war each on Friday. 

 UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR-POW Released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react upon arrival by bus following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region on May 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia pumps up pressure on Belarus to open new front in Ukraine war, eyes anti-NATO ops. - WSJ

Sources told the WSJ that if Belarus were used for a Russian attack, it could be aimed at testing NATO defenses or more attempts at undermining support for Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, in Moscow, Russia February 26, 2026.

El Al suspends Tel Aviv-Moscow flights after long-range Ukraine strikes disrupt Russian oil sales

The airline will reassess the situation next week and decide whether to resume operations, with passengers to be informed and offered alternatives in accordance with the law.

An El Al Boeing 737 takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport, March 5, 2026.

Kremlin says Russia is only interested in upholding understandings on Ukraine reached with the US

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were busy with other issues, but that it expected contacts with them over Ukraine would resume once they became available.

A U.S. delegation led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner waits for the start of a meeting on the first day of the third round of trilateral talks between delegates from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S.

Life finds a way: Ukrainian bird builds nest with cables from fiber-optic explosive drones

The nest appeared to combine grass with thin strands of optical fiber, a material increasingly scattered across areas where Russian and Ukrainian forces operate first-person-view drones. 

A bird eats an ashberry on a cold winter day in central Lviv, Ukraine January 6, 2017.