It’s getting harder for Kremlin officials to cast the war in Ukraine as something so distant that it doesn’t affect the daily routines of Russian civilians.

Ukraine's defense minister said the goal is to scale production and build a sufficient stockpile before the fall.

Russia says "nuclear munitions" sent to Belarus for joint drills in the country that Moscow used as a launchpad for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV, May 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine will send reinforcements to its northern regions and step up diplomatic pressure on Belarus to counter what Kyiv believes are Russian plans to launch a new offensive north of the capital,

Ukraine said it used two types of fixed-wing drones, as well as another previously unknown variant, in its biggest attack on Moscow so far.

Ukrainian army has achieved its most significant battlefield successes in recent months since the Kursk operation in August 2024. Starting in November 2025, Defense Forces liberated a large portion of Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

A trade license that went into effect Wednesday permits imports of Russian oil that has been refined into jet fuel and diesel in third countries such as India and Turkey.

Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday that relations between their countries were at an “unprecedentedly high level”, as the two discussed wider economic cooperation and foreign issues.