Category: 1. Russia

Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold another prisoner exchange and return the bodies of thousands of fallen soldiers during peace talks on Monday in Istanbul. The negotiations, which lasted about an hour and took place behind closed doors, marked…

A day after a coordinated Ukrainian drone attack on long-range bombers deep inside Russian territory, military observers are calling it a major blow against Moscow and a dramatic new offensive strategy. Ukrainian officials said the drones were…

Russian negotiators presented their Ukrainian counterparts with a memorandum outlining two potential frameworks for ending Moscow’s full-scale invasion at talks in Istanbul on Monday.

The proposals, published by state news agencies,…

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

For a fleeting moment ahead of the first meeting in mid-May 2025, there existed the faintest…

Ukrainians are celebrating the success of one of the most audacious coups of the war against Russia – a coordinated drone strike on June 1 on five airbases deep inside Russian territory. Known as Operation Spiderweb, it was the result of…

Over the weekend, Ukraine’s Security Service conducted a massive, sophisticated drone attack targeting airfields in five regions of Russia. According to the agency, “Operation Spiderweb” destroyed 41 aircraft (though these numbers haven’t…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced the convening of a defence council and expressed fears about a possible prolongation of the conflict in Ukraine.

“The military actions of the last few days…

A sculpture of French leader Emmanuel Macron has been stolen from the Greven wax museum in Paris. This was reported by the TV channel BFMTV.

“A wax sculpture of Emmanuel Macron was stolen on Monday morning, 2…

Residents of a popular resort town in southern Russia have accused authorities of failing to clean up a toxic oil spill nearly six months after a major spill in the Black Sea, warning that summer heat could worsen the environmental…