Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion.

Russia overnight into Sunday launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, with at least one person killed in Kyiv.

Trump has shifted U.S. rhetoric from supporting Ukraine toward accepting some of Moscow's narrative about the war. Kyiv and its European allies are working hard to persuade him that it is now Moscow that is holding up a truce.

Explosions were heard in Kyiv this morning, May 16. Air defense forces and equipment were active in the capital in response to the Russian drone attack, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration and Kyiv Mayor,

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces seized two more settlements in their drive through eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv made no such acknowledgement and its top commander said battles raged over 1,

Alongside Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has also ramped up its hybrid attacks across Europe. In 2024 alone, Russia could be behind around 100 "suspicious incidents" in Europe,

European capitals have launched a flurry of diplomatic efforts to maintain pressure on Russia and convince US President Donald Trump’s administration not to walk away from Ukraine peace talks. Multiple calls and meetings took place on Tuesday between European and Ukrainian leaders and senior security officials following Monday’s phone call between Trump and Vladimir Putin in which the US president signalled he would leave Russia and Ukraine to settle among themselves the terms for ending the war.