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ANALYSIS: Russia is stepping up its summer offensive both on the ground and in the air but support from Europe and sophisticated drone warfare could help Ukraine hold Moscow back. World affairs editor Sam Kiley takes a closer look

Russia launched nearly 50 drones towards Kharkiv overnight, killing three and injuring dozens

COMMENT: ICYMI: It was a meeting that may prove of more lasting significance for the wider world than the verbal fireworks between the US president and Tesla chief, writes Mary Dejevsky

Vasyl Malyuk, who hailed giving Russia a ‘slap in the face’, has scored a series of high-profile successes as head of SBU

Satellite imagery of airfields in Siberia and Russia's far north reveals significant damage

Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine could have been worse if Ukrainian forces hadn’t struck Russian missile concentration sites in Russia right before. Moscow was threatening with "retaliation" for Kyiv’s daring Operation "Spiderweb" last weekend, but Kyiv says it launched ‘preemptive’ strikes.

Three emergency workers killed and 20 people wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capital

The air onslaught came hours after the Russian president said he would seek revenge for a Ukrainian drone strike last week on bomber bases

At least five people were killed and over 70 injured after a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine, which came after Russian President vowed to respond "very strongly" to a Ukrainian operation against Russian military air bases.