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Peter Pellegrinim a close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and sceptic of the Ukraine war, will become Slovakia’s sixth president.

Russian forces overnight attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least six people and wounding 11 more in Kharkiv.

The Russian bordering Nordic nation of Norway announced the most significant change in its defence in modern times.

Over a dozen military jets were destroyed or damaged in a massive drone strike against a Russian airbase overnight, Kyiv claims.

NATO leaders have already said that while they want Ukraine to join, it doesn’t meet eligibility — including not being at at war and occupied.

Russian troops launched waves of Shahed drones against the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight, killing four people.

Ukraine has cemented yet another ‘NATO-lite’ deal with an alliance member, inking a ten-year agreement with Finland.

Norway has become the latest European state to look again at its conscription programme, pushed by Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine used Cessna-sized drones to attack deep inside the Russian Federation in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France is to deliver “hundreds” of armored vehicles by the beginning of next year to Ukraine.

A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine´s western Lviv region killed one man, officials said Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle.

Once the preserve of Ukrainian state-owned industry, private companies producing weapon systems and munitions are now surging.

Western allies should hurry up and hand over the “damn” missiles Ukraine demands, their foreign secretary says.

Ukraine has sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea in just over two years of war, said a navy spokesman Tuesday.

Putin addressed Friday’s terrorist attack that killed at least 137, saying for the first time it was the work of “radical Islamists”. 

Ukraine’s military claimed to have hit two Russian Black Sea Fleet warships near Crimea as well as having struck a communications centre in Sevastopol.

Russia launched its third massive missile attack on Ukraine in the past four days, and the second to target the capital of Kyiv.

Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks on Ukraine’s electric sector on Friday in retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia.

The Ukraine “special military operation” is a “de facto” war, Russia admitted for the first time, while blaming the West for the escalation.

Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant.

Slovenia is expelling the Russian diplomat over “activities incompatible with the diplomatic status,” the ministry said in a statement.

Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, Ukraine said.

Border region plans to evacuate about 9,000 children because it is being continuously shelled from the Ukrainian side, an official said.

The EU is pressing ahead with a plan to use the profits generated from billions of euros of Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine.

“If we want peace, we must prepare for war” says top European Union figure, saying bloc needs to speak “the language of power” to Russia. 

Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia may seek to extend a buffer zone into Ukrainian territory to prevent strikes on Russian territory.

Small Euro state Latvia gives support to Emmanuel Macron, saying “We need to make sure that Ukraine wins in this war.”

Sending NATO troops into Ukraine would trigger a “Third World War”, warned Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, who went on to accuse French President Emmanuel Macron of exploiting the war for personal political purposes.

French President Emmanuel Macron has again threatened Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point,” making his prediction days after meeting with German and Polish leaders.

Ukraine launched a new massive wave of drone attacks Sunday as Russians cast ballots on the final day of the presidential election.

Ukrainian shelling killed two people in Belgorod, while Moscow claimed to have thwarted a new attempt by saboteurs to cross the border.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vowed to protest against EU encroachment on national sovereignty and the push towards war with Russia.

Germany, France and Poland vowed to procure more weapons for Kyiv and step up production of military equipment with partners in Ukraine.

Both sides claim to have the upper hand in the Belgorod and Kursk regions after Kyiv-loyal forces staged a counter-invasion of Russia.

If Ukraine’s defence crumbled France would step in to prevent a Russian victory, President Emmanuel Macron has said.