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At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults.

A counter-proposal to the Ukraine War peace deal would see the country join the European Union by January first 2027, a report states.

German officials have previously accused Russia of hybrid warfare attacks to destabilize Europe.

If NATO fails to “stop a war before it starts” by deterring Russia it will be a conflict on the scale of the Second World War, Rutte warns. 

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro said on Wednesday that a combined demonstration of Russian and Chinese airpower near Japan’s southern islands was “clearly intended as a show of force against our nation, which is a serious concern for our national security.”

The UK government has revealed that a British soldier was killed in Ukraine while testing an air defence system, in a tacit admission that London has troops on the ground in the war-torn country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said negotiations with the United States to end Russia’s invasion of his country were “constructive.”

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting the French, German and British leaders in London on Monday as Kyiv’s European allies try to strengthen Ukraine’s hand in thorny talks on a U.S.-backed plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian missile and drone attacks overnight into Sunday killed at least one person in Ukraine, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war.

German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised an “uninterrupted” supply of cheap oil to India after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, defying President Donald Trump’s effort to use tariff pressure to get India to stop funding Putin’s war machine in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a visit to China on Friday – one in which he reportedly “urged” genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, a close ally of Vladimir Putin’s, to help stop the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Russian drones struck a house, killing a 12-year-old boy, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port.

A Russian court on Wednesday added two more years to the sentence of Robert Gilman, an American citizen and Marine Corps veteran accused of attacking Russian police and prison guards.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Hundreds” of prestige Porsche sports cars have been disabled by their onboard satellite-linked anti-theft immobiliser system across Russia.

Seven Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families, First Lady Melania Trump announced on Thursday as she has continued to advocate for reunification for these children for months.

Britain and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia, the U.K. said Thursday.

Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”. 

Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a drone for “a toy”.

The Kremlin says talks between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff were “constructive.”

Talks show Putin has no interest in peace and is stringing Western leaders along to achieve his own battlefield ends, Euro leaders said/

Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Russian government is extremely interested in helping India expand its use of nuclear power, indicating it will be a top priority for Vladimir Putin when he visits the country this week.

Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with “nobody to negotiate with” if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for ceasefire talks.

Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula, a 39-year-old host on South Africa’s SAFM state radio network, was arrested and brought into court on Monday to face charges of recruiting South African men to fight for Russia on the battlefields of Ukraine.

Tensions escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport.

The most senior military officer in NATO has spoken of the utility of “pre-emptive strike” as a “defensive action”.

American Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. The White House’s proposal to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine will be addressed by the duo.

Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services said.

Georgian authorities detained an opposition party leader Saturday on suspicion of trying to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building, the Interior Ministry said.

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said.

Eight people convicted on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea.