Russia

A court in Russian-annexed Donetsk sentenced British citizen Hayden Davies to 13 years in a high-security prison camp for fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Russian prosecutors said Davies was captured last year with a US-made assault…

A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Rostov region overnight killed three people and caused fires, Russian officials said. In Rostov-on-Don, a cargo ship docked at a pier was struck and caught fire, with emergency crews preventing an oil…

A Russian airstrike hit residential areas in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, injuring 26 people, including one child, local authorities said. Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov reported that two apartment buildings were damaged, while Ukrainian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow prefers a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine but warned that Russia would pursue military means if negotiations fail. Speaking at a Russian Defense Ministry meeting, Putin claimed Russia…

The European Parliament has approved a plan to phase out Russian gas and LNG imports across the European Union by autumn 2027. The measure, backed by 500 lawmakers, would ban spot-market Russian LNG in 2026 and end pipeline gas imports by…

A school stabbing in the Moscow region of Russia left a 10-year-old student dead and a security guard injured. Authorities said a 15-year-old student attacked the guard with pepper spray and a knife before fatally stabbing the younger child…

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it used an unmanned underwater drone to attack a Russian Varshavyanka-class submarine in Novorossiysk, Russia, on the Black Sea. The SBU stated that the submarine, which can carry Kalibr cruise…

Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces have taken control of Pokrovsk in Donetsk and Vovchansk in Kharkiv. Commanders also reported gains in Myrnohrad, Zaporizhia, and…