The Ukrainian air force said Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles along with 37 Shahed-type strike drones and decoys at Ukraine overnight. It said 32 Shahed drones were intercepted or neutralized by Ukrainian air defenses.

As the Kremlin moves to increase defense spending and change laws surrounding troop mobilization, experts are warning that these are signals Russia is preparing for a "protracted" war not only with Ukraine,

The last lifelines into besieged towns along the eastern frontline for Ukrainian troops, caught in a web of increasingly lethal and sophisticated drone warfare, rely on a technology millennia old: a fishing net.

Russia’s flagship Urals crude is trading at its narrowest discount relative to benchmark prices since the Kremlin started its war against Ukraine in 2022, suggesting that fresh European sanctions have so far failed to make an impact.

DA WEI is Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy and a Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University.

Diana Koshyk’s friends said the 23-year-old struggled to get pregnant and suffered several miscarriages before she and her husband finally got the news they were hoping for: they were expecting.

Key Points and Summary – A Russian airstrike has killed 16 inmates and injured over 80 at a Ukrainian prison near Zaporizhzhia, an attack Kyiv is calling a “gross violation of international humanitarian law.