Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
The strikes on cities including Kyiv and Dnipro followed Russian warnings of “systematic” attacks on the capital after a drone attack on a dormitory in Ukraine’s Russian-held region of Luhansk last month. Read more
Ukraine’s General Staff said it had struck the Saratov oil refinery on the Volga river, causing a large fire. Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin said on Telegram that “civil infrastructure” had been damaged in the strike, but gave no more details. Read more
Zelenskyy wrote to President Donald Trump and the members of the U.S. Congress this week to request additional Patriot systems and interceptors — the only effective shield against Russia’s ballistic missiles in Ukraine’s arsenal. Read more
President Donald Trump said the strikes on the Ukrainian capital, launched hours after a three-day U.S.-brokered ceasefire expired, could disrupt efforts to find a diplomatic resolution to the war. Read more
The three-day pause, announced on Friday by President Donald Trump, is part of a broader U.S.-led push for peace that has so far failed to end the more than four-year-old war despite months of shuttle diplomacy. Read more
Moscow is under a heavy security presence as Ukraine rattles Russia with long-range drone and missile strikes. Read more
Trump said in a Truth Social post that the pause will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country. Read more
Kostiantynivka, along with other cities, forms a so-called fortress belt in the country’s east — an area well fortified by the Ukrainian military. Read more
The Kremlin accused Ukraine of exacerbating a global oil shortage by targeting storage facilities containing oil intended for export. Read more
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Expenditure increased to $2.89 trillion in 2025, rising for the 11th consecutive year and taking spending as a share of global gross domestic product (GDP) to 2.5% — its highest level since 2009, according to the data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Read more
A Russian-born man opened fire on passers-by with an automatic rifle on Saturday before barricading himself in a supermarket with hostages, where he was shot dead by police. Read more
The Russian defense ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations overnight into Sunday. Read more
“We discussed a possible partnership in the security sphere and the overall situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Read more
The Center for Strategic and International Studies study says nearly 1.2 million Russian troops and close to 600,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed or wounded or were missing. Read more
Russia has intensified bombardments of Ukraine’s energy system since it invaded its neighbor in 2022. Read more
U.S. national security officials have found Ukraine did not target Putin or one of his residences in a drone strike, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Read more
Zelenskyy said the attack made clear that Russia was not serious about peace talks. Read more
Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs as winter deepens and the war approaches its fourth anniversary. Read more
Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counter-proposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Read more
The departure of Andriy Yermak put in doubt the future of the latest round of diplomatic efforts by the United States, Ukraine and European nations to end the war. Read more
The paper, a non-official communication known in diplomatic parlance as a “non-paper,” contained language that the Russian government had previously put forward at the negotiating table. Read more
