Russia-Ukraine War

Russia and Belarus held three days of drills to practice preparing and deploying nuclear forces amid what Moscow called threats of aggression.

The Russian leader’s trip to China is the second in less than a year, adding to the more than 40 encounters the pair have held.

The analysis states Ukraine’s ongoing strikes are also constraining Russia’s oil refining and energy revenues, a key source of income for Moscow’s military.

The proposed sale would not affect the military balance in the region nor the defense readiness of the United States, the U.S. State Department said.

The sport’s governing body said it ‘firmly believes that sport ​and politics must remain separate’ as it ends requirement for athletes to compete as ‘neutral.’

Summer travel could trigger a global energy crisis, according to the International Energy Agency.

Russia’s president left Beijing without reaching a deal on the proposed major gas pipeline project that ships natural gas from Russia to China.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would respond with ‘unity and strength.’

The German Chancellor wrote a letter suggesting that Ukraine, which applied to join formally in 2022, could have access to the bloc without voting rights.

British minister John Healey said the incidents ‘will not deter the UK’s commitment to defend NATO, our allies and our interests from Russian aggression.’

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte rebuffed the claims the same day the airport in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius suspended flights due to a drone warning.

Citizens in Vilnius were ordered to take shelter in the latest of a spate of drone incidents over the Baltic states

The summit came days after Trump’s visit to Beijing, as Putin seeks to reinforce strategic ties between Russia and China.

The Russian leader wants to find out what Trump told Xi about the Russia–Ukraine war and Russia’s aid to Iran, an insider within the Chinese regime said.

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called the statements form Moscow ‘lies’ in a post on X.

Ukrainian officials blamed Russian electronic warfare after the drone entered Estonian airspace.

Norway will join Denmark, Estonia, Finland, ​Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

Meanwhile, Moscow said that Ukrainian drones had killed four ​people, including a ​child, in ⁠an overnight strike in a central Russian city.

The exchange was part of a broader deal that is set to see 1,000 captured troops from both sides returned to their homelands.

In September 2025, Ben Wallace recommended helping Kyiv carry out military strikes on the bridge linking southern Russia to Ukraine.