Illia Kabachynskyi

Having already breached global treaties by moving nuclear arms to Belarus, Russia is now signaling plans to deploy powerful ballistic missiles to Venezuela that can reach the US.

The sanctions imposed by Donald Trump, together with Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, are weighing heavily on the Russian economy and forcing officials to consider more drastic measures to keep it afloat.

Ukraine and France have signed a long-term defense cooperation pact, under which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Emmanuel Macron agreed to deepen military coordination for the next decade. Among the key elements of the agreement is the potential transfer of French Rafale multirole fighter jets—a type Ukraine has never operated before.

The Russian army attacked Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Emergency services reported damage in nearly all districts of the city, with casualties confirmed.

One of the Kremlin’s key demands in any negotiation is the complete transfer of the Donetsk region under Russian control, but after 11 years of war in Ukraine, including nearly four years of full-scale invasion, Russia still hasn’t managed to seize its 26,000 square kilometers.

Gunvor, one of the world’s top oil traders, has pulled out of a deal to buy Russian oil company Lukoil’s foreign assets after the US imposed sanctions. The Treasury Department made clear: it will never approve the transaction unless Russian aggression in Ukraine ends. Gunvor claims it cut ties with Russia years ago, but US regulators aren’t convinced.