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A Ukrainian drone attack damaged at least two foreign vessels and the oil terminal infrastructure at Russia’s key Black Sea port of Tuapse on Sunday, as Kyiv tries to undermine Russia’s war effort by targeting its energy infrastructure. For several months, Ukraine has been striking Russian oil refineries, depots and pipelines in a bid to undermine the Russian economy, and …

Ukrainian forces have hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence has said. The operation was carried out late on Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel. The agency, which is known by its acronym HUR, described it as a “serious blow” to Russia’s military logistics. HUR said …

Ukraine has been given the green light by the Pentagon to receive deadly long-range Tomahawk missiles. The boost for Kyiv still depends on final approval by Donald Trump. Earlier, the US president appeared ready to supply the weapons but changed his mind after talking to Vladimir Putin saying “we need them” to protect America. But now three US and European …

Since July 2024, Russia has been hurling huge quantities of troops, vehicles, and munitions at the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. The 15-month offensive has cost Vladimir Putin‘s army tens of thousands of lives – but still it remains in Ukrainian hands. Only just though. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that Russian forces were inside the city, and …

And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. – John Steinbeck, East of Eden Evil people don’t have songs. How is it, then, that the Russians have songs? – Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols OPINION — The war that Russian …

One of Vladimir Putin’s top propagandists has said Ukrainians should flee Kyiv as he urged Russia to strike a dam in the capital. Kremlin loyalist and TV host Vladimir Solovyov said Moscow’s forces should carry out the action in response to Ukrainian strikes on a dam inside Russian territory. The Ukrainian military earlier this week claimed the attack on the …

Russian strikes at two nuclear power plants in Ukraine have sparked a safety warning from the world’s nuclear energy watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned that military activity at Ukraine‘s South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (SUNPP) and Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP) was jeopardising “nuclear safety”. The organisation said: “The IAEA has been informed of military activity in …

The high-stakes summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, took place in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday and lasted 100 minutes. It marked their first in-person meeting since Trump returned to the White House for his second presidential term, having last met in 2019. 1. Personal warmth on display The two exchanged cordial greetings and …

Vladimir Putin has been warned “Moscow will be wiped off the map” if he were to attack NATO with nuclear weapons. Belgian defence minister Theo Francken said he isn’t concerned about Russian nuclear sabre-rattling as he championed the strength and unity of the military alliance. He said he believes Donald Trump is committed to NATO and its cornerstone Article 5, …

A Russian flag has been spotted flying in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces have been trying to seize the vital rail and logistics hub since a major offensive was launched in July 2024. But, despite sustaining enormous losses, they have failed to take the city – thanks to heroic Ukrainian defence, which has inflicted tens of thousands of …