The European Union is slapping Russia with its “strongest ever” 18th sanctions package targeting Moscow’s oil and gas industry, over its war in Ukraine, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced today.

US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks in Ukraine’s east.

Russia has repeatedly shattered its own records for aerial assaults on Ukraine this summer, culminating in a peak attack on July 9 with the launch of 728 Shahed-type drones. Throughout the war, Russia steadily expanded the reach and intensity of its strikes on Ukrainian cities,

Dmitry Medvedev, the chairman of Russia’s Security Council, called on Moscow to be ready to strike the West if it escalates the war in Ukraine — just days after President Trump vowed to ramp

Zelenskyy has emphasized the importance of expanding production to counter Russia's invasion and strike deeper into Russian territory.

Ukraine's spy agency said a man and woman were suspected to be involved in the assassination that was caught on surveillance cameras.

Russia attacked cities across Ukraine with hundreds of drones and a missile strike, hitting energy infrastructure and wounding at least 15 people.