Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to rally European allies at a Brussels summit on Friday (October 16, 2026) after saying Kyiv would no longer abide by U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries. Relations between Kyiv and Washington have soured since last week, when Mr. Trump eased sanctions on Russia…
Read More “Zelensky rallies European allies as Trump ties slump” »
Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A commercial ship anchored in Romanian territorial waters caught fire late on Wednesday (October 14, 2026) and the crew evacuated, Romanian authorities said, the latest in a series of incidents in the Black Sea underlying shipping risks near NATO’s eastern flank. Five commercial ships have been hit in…
Read More “Commercial ship catches fire in Romanian waters in latest Black Sea incident” »
Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to large parts of the capital, Kyiv, authorities said on Wednesday (October 14, 2026). The attacks on multiple regions came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had received no warning from Western allies before a Russian strike on a Kyiv power…
Read More “Heavy Russian strikes on Ukraine kill six, cut power in Kyiv” »
US President Donald Trump attends a Republican campaign rally on October 10, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement of an “energy ceasefire”, while hammering cities’ transport and logistics overnight with ballistic missiles and drones….
Read More “Russia hits no energy targets in Ukraine for first time since Trump’s ‘truce’” »
Russian strikes killed three people and wounded at least eight across Ukraine, officials said on Friday (October 9, 2026), as Ukraine struggles to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 50 people over the past three days. “One man was killed, and five people were wounded in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region…
Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday (August 6, 2026), as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow’s wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin. The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are enduring regular barrages that Kyiv’s depleted air defences…
Read More “Ukraine strikes more oil facilities deep inside Russia, Zelenskyy says” »
A civilian vessel is on fire, as Ukraine’s navy spokesman reported a Russian military strike on a civilian vessel, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine, July 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian air defences intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks,…
Read More “Ukraine downs five Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv looks to harden air defences” »
Russian army servicemen at Victory Park open-air museum on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s army recorded almost no territorial gains on the front line in Ukraine in March for the first time in two and a half years, AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War…
Read More “Russia made nearly no territorial gains in Ukraine in March: Analysis” »
Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia is investigating Telegram founder Pavel Durov as part of a criminal case on the “facilitation of terrorist activities”, state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported, citing the Federal Security Service (FSB). Mr. Durov could not be immediately reached for comment on the report, but…
Read More “Russia investigating Telegram founder Durov as part of criminal case: report” »
Residents stand next to damaged cars, at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bogodukhiv killed four people, including three young children, an official said on Wednesday (February 11, 2026). Two one-year-old boys and a two-year-old girl…