Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to “discuss efforts to end the war” with Russia, the US military has said. The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday when he returns from a trip to Turkey. Reports began surfacing on Wednesday…
Russian forces pressed into Ukraine’s eastern towns of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad during the past week as Kyiv’s military mounted a stout defence. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii said almost half of the battles on a 1,200km (745-mile) front were happening in the two towns, claiming Russia has committed 150,000 troops – almost a quarter…
Oil prices have climbed as fresh U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s energy exports tightened global supply, lifting Brent crude futures to their highest level in weeks. Brent crude rose 1.8% to $65.21 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 1.7% to $61.16, as traders assessed the impact of new American measures restricting Russian oil…
Drone sightings, threats and an arms race raise spectre of war. After nearly four years of war between Kyiv and Moscow, fighting is heating up on the front lines of eastern Ukraine. But with drones spotted at sensitive sites across the European Union, its leaders have declared Russia is fighting a hybrid war beyond Ukraine’s…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Thursday that a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukrainian power plants had jeopardized nuclear safety. Russia has battered Ukrainian energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure as part of its on-going full-scale invasion, and the latest attack on Thursday included more than 650 drones and 50 missiles, according…
For the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a NATO member has formally invoked Article 4 of the alliance’s founding treaty after a major airspace breach. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna tells Talk to Al Jazeera why repeated Russian provocations are more than isolated incidents – they’re a test of NATO’s credibility. As…
Reuters Trump and Xi last met in person in 2019, during Trump’s first term as president Donald Trump has said he would like China’s help to deal with Russia as he seeks to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. “I’d like China to help us out with Russia,” the US president said on…
Washington — After his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday, President Trump said both Russia and Ukraine should declare victory and “let history decide!” Zelenskyy told reporters after the meeting that he and Mr. Trump decided not to publicly discuss whether the U.S. will provide long-range weapons, including Tomahawks, citing…
Warsaw says ground-based air defence, radar reconnaissance systems also brought to the ‘highest state of readiness’. Published On 5 Oct 20255 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Polish and allied air defences have been deployed to secure the country’s airspace, its military said, as Russia launched new deadly air strikes…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that Europe must arm itself to respond to Russia’s hybrid warfare. “I hope that everybody recognises now that there is a hybrid war and one day it’s Poland, the other day it’s Denmark, and next week it will probably be somewhere else that we see sabotage or we…
