NATO warplanes were scrambled on Ukraine’s borders overnight amid savage new strikes by Russia, killing at least 15 in Kyiv during raids in which an American citizen, 62, died. Rescuers were sifting through the rubble of residential apartment blocks hit by Vladimir Putin ’s forces.

North Korea is suspected of supplying Russia with ballistic missiles, antitank rockets and millions of rounds of ammunition while thousands of its soldiers are reported to have died during operations to oust occupying Ukrainian troops from Russia’s border region of Kursk.

Israel was exploiting its advantage, saying it had taken out dozens of surface-to-air missiles in western Iran and killed the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revoluti

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Austria in his first trip to the European Union member country since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country in 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rising global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will strengthen Russia by increasing its oil revenues, aiding its war effort in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has said it was a mistake to throw Russia out of what was formerly the G8 in comments that are likely to infuriate Ukraine and other western allies. Speaking to reporters at the G7 conference in Canada,

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.