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Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The two sides agree to swap prisoners and remains of about 6,000 soldiers killed in combat but are at odds over a truce.

Ukrainians are celebrating the success of one of the most audacious coups of the war against Russia – a coordinated drone strike on June 1 on five airbases deep inside Russian territory. Known as Operation Spiderweb, it was the result of 18 months of planning and involved the smuggling of…

The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lasted just over an hour

The SDR marks the ‘most profound change for about 150 years in how you think about armies, navies and air force,’ one of the authors suggested.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned regional allies Monday that a NATO target to boost defence spending by 2032 would come "too late", as countries arm in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. She was speaking at a summit in Vilnius, attended by Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

Greenpeace activists on Monday afternoon stole a wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron from the Grévin wax museum in Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a pro-Ukraine protest.

The Senate bill envisions 500% tariffs on countries that buy Russian fossil fuels. If applied as intended, it would target several EU countries.

COMMENT: In the face of Russian aggression, Keir Starmer says he must ready the country for war by increasing military spending and building a platoon of nuclear submarines – but, as Mark Almond cautions, perhaps the only thing the Ministry of Defence can be guaranteed to produce on time are…