The Baltic Sea has been dubbed the "NATO Lake" following the accession to the alliance of Sweden and Finland. Countries surrounding the body of water have accused Moscow of increasing sabotage acts in the region, and the warning by Russian intelligence could prompt concerns about further acts of aggression.

Russia insists Ukraine must destroy all Western weapons before any peace agreement. This demand was part of a larger peace plan presented during talks in Istanbul. Russia also wants Ukraine to acknowledge Crimea and four other regions as Russian territory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an interview with Newsmax, said that the Russian peace proposal is not a plan to end the war, but a clearly formulated ultimatum that violates Ukraine's Constitution,

Kyiv said Russia intends to seize half of Ukraine by the end of 2026, beyond the formal territorial claims Moscow made to the U.S.

Ukraine alleged Monday that Russia mixed bodies of its own dead soldiers among the Ukrainian military dead that have been returned, and that more than a million Russians have been killed since conflict began.

The new measure says paid volunteers have the right to use their personal cars, drones, or even hunting guns to fight off drones.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin intends to retaliate “very strongly” against Ukraine for a surprise drone strike on Russian airfields over the weekend, a declaration that provoked alarm in Washington and abroad even as Trump touted his efforts to bring peace to the region.

The U.S. has not announced any military aid packages for Ukraine in almost five months, pushing Kyiv to seek new alternatives. "While Ukraine's dependence on the U.S. has lessened, U.S. aid remains pivotal for maintaining battlefield effectiveness,

Donald Trump and his team have spent a fair amount of time recently trying to convince the public that the president’s policy toward Russia’s war in Ukraine is having a positive impact. In mid-March,

EU member states, still reliant on Russian gas, oil, and nuclear fuel, have scrambled to prevent Brussels from banning energy imports, fueling Moscow’s