Ukraine-Russia war

Ukraine strikes Samara refinery after record drone wave

Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 1,214 Ukrainian drones over 19 regions overnight into Thursday, October 29. It is the largest total Moscow has reported in the war, and Ukraine followed it the next night with another…

Zelensky says Kyiv strikes show no change after Putin talks

Russia fired three waves of ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight into Thursday, Oct. 22, launching 21 missiles in total. The strikes began shortly after US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said…

US warned Kyiv on intel over refinery strikes, FT says

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukrainian negotiators that Washington could stop sharing intelligence with Kyiv if it kept striking Russian oil refineries, the Financial Times reported. Ukraine relies on that intelligence for its long-range strikes, which are…

Witkoff, Kushner to pitch new Ukraine peace ideas in Miami

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet a senior Ukrainian delegation in Miami on Friday, Oct. 9, for two days of talks. A U.S. source told Reuters the Americans will present "new ideas and proposals" to end Russia's…

Zelenskyy urges UN to choke Russia’s war revenues

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that the world must continue to strangle Russia's war funding, declaring that "Russia's revenues must remain a target" as the conflict grinds past the four-and-a-half-year mark.

Kremlin rebuffs Zelenskyy’s call for trilateral talks with Putin and Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on U.S. President Donald Trump to organize a three-way summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring he is "ready any time" to meet if it could bring an end to the war now in its…

Zelenskyy warns airlines Russian skies are unsafe amid surging drone war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a stark warning to international airlines, insurers, and governments on Monday that Russian airspace is "becoming completely unsafe" due to the expanding scale of Ukrainian drone operations over Russian territory.

Bessent meets Russian delegation at G20 to push Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with a Russian delegation on Monday on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, North Carolina, pushing President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, according to CNBC. The meeting, which reportedly…

Ukrainian drone strike kills at least 13 in Russia’s Tatarstan energy hub

A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack struck the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan republic early Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 39 others in one of the deadliest single strikes on Russian territory since the start of Moscow's…

CIA says AI drones give Russian troops only minutes to survive on front lines

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has revealed that Russian soldiers survive an average of only 20 to 30 minutes on the battlefield due to Ukraine's AI-powered attack drones, according to a report published on Tuesday. The disclosure underscores the lethal effectiveness…