Rome is closer to recognizing the state of Palestine following a Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated.
Germany’s new foreign intelligence chief has described Moscow as a direct threat to the EU, warning Russia's “icy peace” with the bloc could escalate into “heated confrontation” at any moment.
NATO kicked off its annual nuclear exercise in the Netherlands on Monday. The bloc’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, has stated the drills are necessary to send a “clear signal to any potential adversary.”
The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas has warned that Moscow is "gambling with war", after a spate of Russian drones and military jets crossed into the bloc's airspace.
US President Donald Trump has stated that he might talk to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about the possibility of sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kiev. He did not elaborate on whether he has made the decision, speaking to reporters on Sunday.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky lobbied his allies for more air defences on Sunday, warning that Russia was "taking advantage" of attention shifting away from the Ukraine war to intensify its bombardment of the country.
Despite United States President Donald Trump's reluctance to impose additional economic pressure on Moscow, some 77% of Americans are in favor of implementing additional sanctions on Russia to force an end to its war effort, a recent poll Harvard/Harris X poll showed.
The United Kingdom has announced two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft joined a 12-hour NATO patrol earlier this week near Russia’s border, following a series of "Russian drone and aircraft incursions" into alliance airspace.
Washington has been assisting Kiev in carrying out drone attacks on energy facilities inside Russia for the past several months, the Financial Times has reported, citing unnamed American and Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged his American counterpart Donald Trump to use the momentum of the Gaza ceasefire to broker peace in Ukraine, as the two leaders spoke by phone on Saturday.
Moscow will soon make an announcement on a new weapon at its disposal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that trials have so far gone well.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.
The European Parliament has adopted a non-binding resolution calling on EU member states to shoot down Russian military aircraft that enter the bloc’s airspace. The move follows a string of recent drone sightings across Europe, which Western officials have linked to Moscow, which denies any wrongdoing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Israel has conveyed messages to Moscow expressing that it does not seek confrontation with Iran and wishes to resolve the situation peacefully.
NATO member states are weighing options for a more decisive response to Russia's increasingly provocative actions, including military measures, the Financial Times (FT) has reported, citing unnamed sources.
EU ambassadors agreed on a plan to phase out Russian gas and oil by 2028, Reuters has reported, as Ukraine's Western partners step up efforts to pressure Moscow, which continues to fund its war through revenues from oil and gas exports.
New Delhi is likely to increase its oil purchases from Moscow in the coming months, with refiners in the South Asian nation being offered significant discounts, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Patience among EU members is “running thin” over Belgium’s refusal to approve a bloc-backed plan to use frozen Russian assets as collateral for a multibillion-euro loan to finance Ukraine’s war, The Financial Times has reported.
The delivery of long-requested Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv may force Moscow to see the real state of affairs, and sit down at the negotiating table, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
Traders are asking Indian state refiners to pay for Russian oil with Chinese yuan amid warming ties between New Delhi and Beijing, Reuters has reported, citing undisclosed trade sources.
Kiev could use US Tomahawk missiles to launch increasingly escalatory strikes on targets inside Russia in order to “pressure” Moscow to agree to a peace deal, a Ukrainian official has told The Telegraph.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated that she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Moscow's forces had captured almost 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that his country retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.
